# Incident 20231018018679I: Luscombe 8A, South Lake Taho, CA, October 18, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2023, 14:15 local time
- Place: South Lake Taho, CA
- Airport: South Lake Tahoe
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9282° N, 119.9810° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Lake Tahoe, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9282&lon=-119.9810&mi=10
- Aircraft: N37081, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N37081) (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: 1,230 total, 1,197 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231018018679I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED HOLLISTER, CA  (LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT) WITH A FINAL DESTINATION OF SOUTH LAKE TAHOE AIRPORT (KTVL).  PILOT WAS UNABLE TO HEAR WEATHER REPORTING ON ASOS FREQUENCY AND MADE RADIO CALLS FOR LANDING ON CTAF 5 MILES SOUTH OF THE AIRFIELD. PILOT ENTERED A 45 DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 36, RIGHT TRAFFIC.  PILOT DID NOT HEAR ANY TRAFFIC ON CTAF FREQUENCY AND OBSERVED NO PEOPLE OR MARKINGS INDICATING A RUNWAY CLOSURE WHILE PERFORMING A TRAFFIC PATTERN AND MAKING DOWNWIND, BASE AND FINAL RADIO CALLS ON CTAF FREQUENCY.  PILOT LANDED AND TAXIED TO FBO RAMP.  FBO PERSONNEL INFORMED PILOT AIRPORT WAS CLOSED.

AIRPORT WORKING PERSONNEL DID NOT HEAR AIRCRAFT ON RADIO OR SEE AIRCRAFT IN PATTERN.  FBO PERSONNEL DID NOT HEAR AIRCRAFT MAKE RADIO CALLS ON CTAF.  AIRCRAFT RADIO AND FREQUENCIES WERE CHECKED WITH FBO PERSONNEL AND WERE OPERATIONAL.

INCIDENT REPORTED BY AIRPORT MANAGER.

## Other reports on N37081 (2)

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

- [Accident 20240612010849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240612010849A), Jun 12, 2024: Luscombe 8A (N37081), Markleeville, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Received notification from law enforcement that a downed aircraft was located in the woods approximately six (6) miles southeast of lake tahoe airport (tvl).…
- [Accident 19810525028989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810525028989A), May 25, 1981: Luscom 8A (N37081), Paskenta, CA, Substantial damage. Landed downwind in farm meadow unable to stop. Struck a fence and rocks before stopping.

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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