# Accident 20191119018979A: Luscombe 8A, Brogue, PA, November 19, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 2019, 15:30 local time
- Place: Brogue, PA
- Airport: Baublitz Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8522° N, 76.4864° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8522&lon=-76.4864&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71707, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71707-2021-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8A (registry code 8190104, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOMBE 8A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,129 total, 241 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA20CA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA090) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191119018979A

## Narrative

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

AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROACHING THE AIRPORT FROM THE SOUTHEAST, THE AIRCRAFT'S LANDING GEAR HIT ELECTRICAL WIRES CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO CRASH APPROX. 1200 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY//AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 GAA20CA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA090), Nov 19, 2019: Luscombe 8 (N71707), Brogue, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to see and avoid wires during approach to landing.

## Other reports on N71707 (1)

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

- [Incident 20060527007939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060527007939I), May 27, 2006: Luscom 8A (N71707), Du Bois, PA. (-23) General aviation incident, Jefferson county, PA, 5/27/06, N71707, a Luscombe 8A, landed in an open field for unknown reasons. Local authorities responded…

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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