Luscombe 8 accident near Fort Valley, GA
On January 16, 2015, a Luscombe 8 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Fort Valley, GA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- January 16, 2015
- Place
- Fort Valley, GA
- Aircraft
- Luscombe 8 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 32.548°N, 83.827°W
- NTSB ID
- 20150116X24615
Official records · ERA15FA103
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn January 16, 2015, about 1120 eastern standard time, a Luscombe 8E, N1745K, was substantially damaged when it impacted a field while on approach to Cameron Field Airport (GA81), Fort Valley, Georgia. The flight instructor was fatally injured and the private pilot receiving instruction was seriously injured. Day visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The instructional flight was conducted under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The flight departed from the Middle Georgia Regional Airport (MCN), Macon, Georgia, about 1100. The purpose of the flight was to provide the private pilot with 1 hour of flight experience in the airplane to meet insurance company requirements. A witness stated that he observed the airplane as it approached runway 36 at GA81. He said the airplane was "moving a little up and down, like a boat on waves," as if it were "fighting the wind." He said it then pitched steeply upward, and rolled left, then pitched steeply downward and descended near vertically until it impacted the ground. According to the pilot receiving instruction, at the time of the accident the flight instructor was demonstrating a simulated engine-out approach to landing when the airplane "got too slow" and then stalled. He indicated that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airframe or engine. PERSONNEL INFORMATIONThe flight instructor, age 78, held a commercial pilot certificate with ratings for airplane single and multiengine land, and instrument airplane. He also held a flight
Probable cause
The flight instructor’s failure to maintain airspeed during an approach with a simulated engine failure, which resulted in an exceedance of the wing’s critical angle-of-attack and a subsequent aerodynamic stall/spin.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
