Luscombe 8 accidents

The NTSB database holds 1,528 accidents and incidents involving the Luscombe 8, recorded between 1964 to 2026. 143 of them were fatal (9%), and 202 people died.

The deadliest year was 1968, with 12 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (608 records).

Most of these records are from United States, Argentina and Canada.

1,154 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

1,528

Records

143

Fatal

202

Deaths

Share fatal

1964 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 374 of 1,528 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 589

1970s 487

1980s 150

1990s 97

2000s 82

2010s 87

2020s 36

Where these happened

United States 1,521 Argentina 2 Canada 1 Unknown/Not Reported 1 Mexico 1 Other-Foreign Countries 1

Operators involved

Welcome Aviati 2 Aurora Pilots 2 GEO. A. Dickinson 1 Hicks, Seymore 1 Holly Flyers I 1 Mtchel L. Huser 1

All 1,528 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
1 Jun 1972	Luscombe 8A N45988	Port Angeles, Washington, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	5
12 Jun 2024	Luscombe 8A N37081	South Lake Tahoe, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
18 Apr 2017	Luscombe 8 N8554Y	East Windsor, Connecticut, United States	-	Fatal	2
14 Oct 2013	Luscombe 8-E LV-RTS	Buenos Aires, Argentina	-	Fatal	2
3 Sep 2006	Luscombe 8A N71927	Ocala, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
3 Oct 2003	Luscombe 8E N1909K	Orange City, Iowa, United States	-	Fatal	2
12 Jul 2001	Luscombe 8A N71917	Resaca, Georgia, United States	-	Fatal	2
15 Oct 1995	Luscombe 8E N71590	Picayune, Mississippi, United States	Randy E. LEE	Fatal	2
25 Jun 1995	Luscombe 8A N719JX	Hubbard, Oregon, United States	-	Fatal	2
4 Jul 1992	Luscombe 8E N2264K	Napoleon, North Dakota, United States	Harold L. Moore & Brian Teubel	Fatal	2
20 May 1990	Luscombe 8A N71653	Strawberry, California, United States	RAY C. Brant	Fatal	2
24 Sep 1989	Luscombe 8A N71756	MacKay, Idaho, United States	Reeves, Edwin L.	Fatal	2
18 Aug 1988	Luscombe 8A N71572	Dimock, South Dakota, United States	Hunter, Paul J.	Fatal	2
1 Aug 1987	Luscombe 8A N2098B	Oakdale, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
19 Aug 1986	Luscombe 8A N45830	Pelican, Alaska, United States	-	Fatal	2
15 Aug 1986	Luscombe 8F N2122B	Marble Canyon, Arizona, United States	-	Fatal	2
13 Apr 1986	Luscombe 8B N28914	Pittsford, Michigan, United States	-	Fatal	2
19 Jan 1986	Luscombe 8A N41926	Sloan, Nevada, United States	Lloyd W. Norris	Fatal	2
5 May 1985	Luscombe 8E N2497K	Verden, Oklahoma, United States	-	Fatal	2
31 Aug 1983	Luscombe 8C N25285	Post, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	2
9 May 1982	Luscombe 8A N2248K	Fredonia, Kansas, United States no coordinates	K C Relph	Fatal	2
21 Jul 1981	Luscombe 8A N71889	N Little Rock, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
29 Jun 1979	Luscombe 8A N45950	Winnsboro, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
11 Sep 1978	Luscombe 8A N28828	Fayette, Missouri, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
1 Sep 1978	Luscombe 8A N2177B	Porcupine, South Dakota, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
20 Jul 1978	Luscombe 8A N45694	Farmington, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
23 Dec 1977	Luscombe 8E N1226K	Gordon, Nebraska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
18 Aug 1977	Luscombe 8A N71272	Carthage, Missouri, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
1 Nov 1976	Luscombe 8E N1666K	Batesville, Mississippi, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
5 Jul 1976	Luscombe 8A N1083K	Plainfield, Vermont, United States no coordinates	VT Flying Serv	Fatal	2
6 Jun 1976	Luscombe 8A N28744	Cabot, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
3 May 1976	Luscombe 8A N2718K	Watsonville, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
27 Mar 1976	Luscombe 8A N1004K	Atwood, Colorado, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
7 Jul 1975	Luscombe 8A N7794L	Wilber, Nebraska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
15 Nov 1974	Luscombe 8E N1926K	Sedalia, Colorado, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
17 Oct 1974	Luscombe 8E N1915K	Stedman, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
14 Mar 1973	Luscombe 8A N71509	Greensboro, Alabama, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
11 Jul 1972	Luscombe 8A N71246	Devers, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
19 Dec 1971	Luscombe 8A N45961	Santee, South Carolina, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
30 Oct 1971	Luscombe 8A N77830	Hickman, Kentucky, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
6 Jun 1971	Luscombe 8A N71759	Odessa, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
7 Nov 1970	Luscombe 8A N2947K	Hntngtn Bch, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
5 Jul 1970	Luscombe 8F N1112B	Frisco, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
12 Apr 1970	Luscombe 8A N2142K	Vancouver, Washington, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
20 Sep 1969	Luscombe 8E N1760K	Lakeview, Michigan, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
30 Sep 1968	Luscombe 8F N1496B	Dell Rapids, South Dakota, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
13 Aug 1968	Luscombe 8E N2998K	Barrington, Illinois, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
6 Jul 1968	Luscombe 8E N1181B	Union Grove, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
4 Jul 1968	Luscombe 8E N2717K	Sunbury, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
3 Jan 1968	Luscombe 8E N842B	Jeddo, Michigan, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2