# Incident 20220530009149I: Luscombe 8A, Naples, FL, May 30, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2022, 10:30 local time
- Place: Naples, FL
- Airport: Naples Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1524° N, 81.7756° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NAPLES MUNI (APF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1524&lon=-81.7756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77971, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N77971) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8A (registry code 8190104, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOMBE 8A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-290
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,452 total, 567 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220530009149I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 30, 2022, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 AM, THE AIRCRAFT INVOLVED BEGAN A TAXI FROM ITS OPEN HANGAR TIE DOWN.  PRIOR TO ENTERING THE TAXIWAY AND WHILE MAKING A TURN, THE SOLE PASSENGER YELLED OUT THINKING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO HIT A SIGN.  THIS STARTLED THE PIC WHO IMMEDIATELY AND AGGRESSIVELY APPLIED FULL BRAKES.  THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER WITH THE PROP STRIKING THE PAVEMENT.  THIS ALSO CAUSED SHEET METAL DAMAGE LIMITED TO THE ENGINE COWLING AND NOSE SPINNER.  THE PIC AND PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT, LOWERED THE TAIL TO THE GROUND, AND PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE SHADE HANGAR.  IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD HAVE HIT A SIGN, REGARDLESS OF PASSENGER?S REACTION.

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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