NTSB investigations: Luscombe 8A, 2017

6 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Luscombe 8A. Aircraft are matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model, so older matches can be wrong.

Cases per year

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NTSB investigations: Luscombe 8A, 2017 per year, 1964–2026: 852 cases
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Latest cases

Query with SQL
duckdb -csv -c "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 year(c.\"eventDate\") = 2017
    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"

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NTSB GAA17CA522Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportLuscombe 8 · Westminster, TXThe pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll in gusting wind conditions.Sep 6, 2017 · N1590K · Substantial damageNTSB GAA17CA498Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportLuscombe 8 · Perryville, MOThe pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff.Aug 21, 2017 · N2861K · Substantial damageNTSB GAA17CA510Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportLuscombe 8 · Angleton, TXThe pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing.Aug 19, 2017 · N71971 · Substantial damageNTSB ERA17FA226Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportLuscombe 8 · Remsen, NYThe pilot's failure to maintain the proper airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during landing, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall at an altitude too low for him to recover.Jul 4, 2017 · N45851 · Substantial damageNTSB WPR17LA122Accident · Minor injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportLuscombe 8A · Rexberg, IDA loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information which resulted in a landing short of the runway.Jun 3, 2017 · N1627K · Substantial damageNTSB ERA17FA156Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportLuscombe 8 · East Windsor, CTThe 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…Apr 18, 2017 · N8554Y · Substantial damage