# Accident 20010712024519A: Luscom 8A, Resaca, GA, July 12, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2001, 18:45 local time
- Place: Resaca, GA
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6667° N, 85.1667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6667&lon=-85.1667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71917, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71917-2017-06-07) (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: LUSCOM 8A
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL01FA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01FA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010712024519A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO SEVERAL WITNESSES AND EXAMINATION OF THE ACCIDENT SCENE DISCLOSED THE AIRCRAFT HAD COLLIDED WITH TREES ON A SLOPE OF RISING TERRAIN LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE FROM THE ZACK AIRPORT. AFTER TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO CLIMB NORMALLY. IT MAY HAVE EVEN DESCENDED INTO LOWER TERRAIN. BECAUSE THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT ITS MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT AND EQUIPPED WITH A "CRUISE" WOODEN PROP, IT WAS NOT CAPABLE OF CLIMBING AND CLEARING THE RISING TERRAIN GIVEN THE CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS OF HEAT AND STAGNANT WIND. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH THE TREES AT THE CREST OF THE TERRAIN, IT IMMEDIATELY IMPACTED THE GROUND IN AN EXTREMELY NOSE-LOW ATTITUDE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL01FA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01FA082), Jul 12, 2001: Luscombe 8A (N71917), Resaca, GA, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The certificated flight instructor's failure to maintain control of the airplane during a turning maneuver, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent collision with terrain. A factor was…

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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