# NTSB Accident WPR20LA237
> **Vans VANS RV-8** · 2020-07-24 · Tehachapi, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR20LA237
- **Event ID:** 20200724X65101
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2020-07-24
- **Location:** Tehachapi, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 35.136112, -118.44638
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Vans
- **Model:** VANS RV-8
- **Registration:** N138PM
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall at too low of an altitude to recover.

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