Aviation accident ERA17FA226

1 fatal · LUSCOMBE 8 · 2017-07-04 · Remsen, NY, USA

Event

NTSB number: ERA17FA226
Event ID: 20170704X64138
Type: Accident
Date: 2017-07-04
Location: Remsen, NY, USA
Coordinates: 43.355834, -75.188056

Injuries

Highest injury: FATL
Fatal: 1
Serious: 0
Minor: 0
Uninjured: 0
Total aboard: 1

Aircraft

Make: LUSCOMBE
Model: 8
Registration: N45851
FAR Part: 091
Engines: 1
Damage: SUBS

Conditions

Light: DAYL
Weather: VMC

Probable cause

The 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.

Source

Authoritative: NTSB CAROL
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown