# Accident 20180915016291A: Luscombe 8E, Lagrangeville, NY, September 15, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2018, 14:30 local time
- Place: Lagrangeville, NY
- Airport: Sky Acres Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7075° N, 73.7381° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7075&lon=-73.7381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2619K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2619K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8E (registry code 8190112, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOMBE 8E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,272 total, 77 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA568](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA568) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180915016291A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2018 AT N44 SKY ACRES AIRPORT, AT APPROXIMATELY 1430 LOCAL TIME, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS RETURNING FROM A FLIGHT IN LUSCOMBE, N2619K  AND WAS TAXIING TO THE RAMP TO FUEL THE AIRCRAFT.  HEADING EAST HE ENTERED THE MAIN RAMP  TO REACH THE FUEL PUMP AND COLLIDED WITH A CESSNA U206G, N756FN. THE OPERATOR OF THE CESSNA WAS TAXIING BACK TO THE HANGARS AFTER REFUELING VIA THE NORTH SOUTH TAXIWAY. HE STARTED A LEFT TURN ONTO THE EAST/WEST UPHILL TAXIWAY AND COLLIDED WITH THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA18CA568](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA568), Sep 15, 2018: Luscombe 8 (N2619K), Millbrook, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the other pilot to yield to traffic established on the taxiway, which resulted in a ground collision.

## Other reports on N2619K (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19981105047249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981105047249A), Nov 5, 1998: Luscom 8E (N2619K), Caldwell, NJ, No damage. (-23) Aircraft landed and went off the runway, in the process, tailwheel assembly broke incurring substantial damage.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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