Accident: Luscombe 8
Jan 16, 2015 · Fort Valley, GA
NTSB numberERA15FA103Event id20150116X24615
- 1
- Fatalities
- 1
- Serious injuries
- 0
- Minor injuries
- 0
- Uninjured
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.
Source: National Transportation Safety Board. Record last changed Oct 28, 2026, 10:54 UTC.
Aircraft involved
- Aircraft
- Luscombe 8
- Registration
- N1745K
- Year built
- 1946
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rules
- Part 91: general aviation
- Defining event
- Approach-VFR pattern final Aerodynamic stall/spin
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Nearest airports
Airports with a Voydar profile closest to the recorded position. Proximity only.
- Middle Georgia Regional Airport (MCN)13 nm (23 km) north-east
- Robins Air Force Base (WRB)13 nm (24 km) north-east
- Macon Downtown Airport (MAC)21 nm (39 km) north-east
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