# NTSB GAA23WA235: Luscombe 8, General Rodriguez, Argentina, August 5, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: August 5, 2023
- Place: General Rodriguez, Argentina
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192824
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA23WA235
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/192824/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA235

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Initial climb: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: LV-NRF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOMBE 8 (A)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 4241
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: None
- Airport: GEZ, General Rodriguez Ildefonso Durana Airport
- Equipment: None

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.

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