Luscombe 8A N45557
12 March 1972 · St Simons Is, Georgia, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 12 March 1972 at about 09:13 local time, a Luscombe 8A registered N45557 was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near St Simons Is, Georgia, United States. 2 people were on board and one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 09:13
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- St Simons Is, Georgia, United States
- Nearest airport
- Malcolm-McKinnon
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Luscombe 8A
- Registration
- N45557
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-1526
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Other Luscombe 8 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Feb 1972 | Luscombe 8A | Houston, Texas, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 9 May 1972 | Luscombe 8A | Nashville, Georgia, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 5 Nov 1972 | Luscombe 8A | Columbia, South Carolina, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 Nov 1972 | Luscombe 8A | Chino, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Jul 1972 | Luscombe 8A | Marshall, Minnesota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 7 Jul 1972 | Luscombe 8A | Newark, Ohio, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 1,528 records for this type
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Feb 1972 | Piper PA-11 | Moberly, Missouri, United States | Tail Draggers | Fatal | 1 |
| 13 Jan 1972 | Piper PA-28R | Paradise, Washington, United States | Sportsman Airp | Fatal | 3 |
| 10 May 1972 | Douglas DC-9 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 1 Jul 1972 | Cessna 172K | Maysville, Kentucky, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 3 Oct 1972 | Piper PA-22 | Oxford, Connecticut, United States | Oxford Flying | Minor injuries | - |
| 6 Aug 1972 | Amer Avco AA1A | Atco, New Jersey, United States | - | No injuries | - |