# Accident 20150116000289A: Luscombe 8E, Fort Valley, GA, January 16, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 2015, 11:20 local time
- Place: Fort Valley, GA
- Airport: Cameron Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5478° N, 83.8269° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5478&lon=-83.8269&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1745K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1745K-2015-03-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8E (registry code 8190112, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOMBE 8E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,350 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15FA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15FA103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150116000289A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ERA15FA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15FA103), Jan 16, 2015: Luscombe 8 (N1745K), Fort Valley, GA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. 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…

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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