20150116000289A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Luscombe 8E · Fort Valley, GA · January 16, 2015

Date: January 16, 2015 · 11:20 local
Place: Fort Valley, GA
Airport: Cameron Field Airport
Phase of flight: Other, Specify
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N1745K
NTSB investigation: NTSBERA15FA103
Reported as: Luscombe 8E
Reported engine: Continental C85 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 1
Other injuries: 1
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,350 total

N1745KRegistration cancelled Mar 30, 2015 · Luscombe 8ES/N 4472 · Built 1946 Airframe modelLuscombe 8E Engine modelContinental C85 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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On 01/16/2015, at approximately 11:15 local time CFI and student were involved in an aircraft crash at Cameron field airpark (GA81). The outcome of the accident was one fatal and one in serious condition. FAA iic arrived at scene approximately 1600 local aircraft was roped off by peach county sheriff department.

The airport conditions at time of accident were clear with winds blowing from north to northwest at approximately 10 to 15 knots cross the runway.

The flight had departed from the middle Georgia regional airport (mcn), macon, Georgia. The purpose of the flight was instruction on tail wheel aircraft. The student told his partner in the hosptial the instructor was at the controls simulating engine out to the runway.

The airplane impacted the ground about 200 feet south and 60 feet right of the extended centerline of runway 36 at Cameron field airpark, in Fort Valley, Georgia.

As the FAA filed it

ON 01/16/2015, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:15 LOCAL TIME CFI AND STUDENT WERE INVOLVED IN AN AIRCRAFT CRASH AT CAMERON FIELD AIRPARK (GA81). THE OUTCOME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS ONE FATAL AND ONE IN SERIOUS CONDITION. FAA IIC ARRIVED AT SCENE APPROXIMATELY 1600 LOCAL AIRCRAFT WAS ROPED OFF BY PEACH COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT.

THE AIRPORT CONDITIONS AT TIME OF ACCIDENT WERE CLEAR WITH WINDS BLOWING FROM NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 15 KNOTS CROSS THE RUNWAY.

THE FLIGHT HAD DEPARTED FROM THE MIDDLE GEORGIA REGIONAL AIRPORT (MCN), MACON, GEORGIA. THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS INSTRUCTION ON TAIL WHEEL AIRCRAFT. THE STUDENT TOLD HIS PARTNER IN THE HOSPTIAL THE INSTRUCTOR WAS AT THE CONTROLS SIMULATING ENGINE OUT TO THE RUNWAY.

THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE GROUND ABOUT 200 FEET SOUTH AND 60 FEET RIGHT OF THE EXTENDED CENTERLINE OF RUNWAY 36 AT CAMERON FIELD AIRPARK, IN FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB ERA15FA103Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportFort Valley, GAThe 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.Jan 16, 2015 · Substantial damage