# NTSB Accident ERA15FA103
> **LUSCOMBE 8** · 2015-01-16 · Fort Valley, GA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA15FA103
- **Event ID:** 20150116X24615
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2015-01-16
- **Location:** Fort Valley, GA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 32.547779, -83.826942
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** LUSCOMBE
- **Model:** 8
- **Registration:** N1745K
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## 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 aerodynamic stall/spin.

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