# NTSB investigations: Luscombe 8A, CT

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB ERA17FA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17FA156.md): Luscombe 8 · East Windsor, CT · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 18, 2017 · N8554Y · Substantial damage
  > The flying pilot's excessive maneuvering of the airplane at a slow airspeed, which resulted in exceedance of the critical angle of attack and an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was the pilots' operation of the airplane over its maximum…
- [NTSB NYC90LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90LA019.md): Luscombe 8A · Windham, CT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 29, 1989 · N1160K · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to achieve proper lift-off speed.
- [NTSB NYC86LA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA171.md): Luscombe 8A · Barkhanstead, CT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 20, 1986 · N1166B · Substantial damage
  > The flight took off with about seven gallons of fuel with a slight tailwind. But after about 30 minutes of flight the flight encountered a headwind. The aircraft suffered fuel exhaustion and the pilot executed a precautionary landing in a field. During ground…
- [NTSB NYC77FNE04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FNE04.md): Luscombe 8A · Burlington, CT · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Oct 22, 1976 · N1170K · Substantial damage
- [NTSB NYC70D0137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC70D0137.md): Luscombe 8A · Ellington, CT · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Aug 21, 1969 · N71615 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB NYC67D0260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC67D0260.md): Luscombe 8A · Enfield, CT · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Sep 18, 1966 · N71411 · Substantial damage

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'CT' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('8190104', '8190111'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=8190104&state=CT

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