Luscombe aircraft accidents

394 accidents and incidents are recorded involving Luscombe aircraft (1982–2026), with 66 people killed and 46 seriously injured. 12% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• Among accidents with a coded cause, Aircraft or equipment was the main factor in 56%, followed by pilot or crew (43%).
• Recorded accidents went from 14 in 1982 to 7 in 2025.

Deadliest accidents

1. Luscombe 8C, Post, TX (Aug 31, 1983) · 2 killed
2. Luscombe 8E, Verden, OK (May 5, 1985) · 2 killed
3. Luscombe 8A, Sloan, NV (Jan 19, 1986) · 2 killed
4. Luscombe 8B, Pittsford, MI (Apr 13, 1986) · 2 killed
5. Luscombe 8F, Marble Canyon, AZ (Aug 15, 1986) · 2 killed
6. Luscombe 8A, Pelican, AK (Aug 19, 1986) · 2 killed
7. Luscombe 8A, Oakdale, CA (Aug 1, 1987) · 2 killed
8. Luscombe 8A, Dimock, SD (Aug 18, 1988) · 2 killed
9. Luscombe 8A, Mackay, ID (Sep 24, 1989) · 2 killed
10. Luscombe 8A, Strawberry, CA (May 20, 1990) · 2 killed

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Aircraft models

Other aircraft makers

• Cessna · 24,148 accidents
• Piper · 13,241 accidents
• Beech · 4,780 accidents
• Bell · 2,250 accidents
• Boeing · 1,579 accidents
• Robinson · 1,575 accidents
• Mooney · 1,237 accidents
• Grumman · 1,000 accidents
• Air Tractor · 932 accidents
• Bellanca · 918 accidents

These are counts of recorded accidents, not risk rates: the data has no flight hours, so a place or aircraft near the top mostly reflects how much flying happens there. Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain), plus notable international accidents from Wikidata and Wikipedia. US-heavy; the NTSB only codes phase and cause for accidents from 2008 on, so those tables leave out earlier years.