# N1820: 1968 Kondra Copter B-8

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Kondra Copter B-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/kondra-copter-b-8) (registry code 130074R, 1 seats)
- Engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999)
- Serial number: VWK-1
- Year built: 1968
- Type: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: May 5, 1980
- Certificate issued: August 29, 2006
- Expires: August 31, 2028
- Mode S code: A14A72
- Registered owner: [Classic Rotors Museum](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CLASSIC%20ROTORS%20MUSEUM)
- Location: [Ramona, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Ramona)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 33.0404° N, 116.8301° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 92065, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=1820
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1820

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 0 in force

### Matched by airframe (Kondra Copter B-8)

None in force.

### Matched by engine (Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations

None matched to N1820.

## NTSB investigations on N1820 not matched to an aircraft (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC68A0117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC68A0117), Apr 28, 1968: Douglas DC-8 (N1820), Atlantic City, NJ, destroyed

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N1820.

## Service difficulty reports

None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs)

None matched to this aircraft's models.

## Earlier aircraft with N1820

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N1820 before.

- [Cancelled 1928-12-01](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1820-1928-12-01): Boeing SEAPLANE, S/N A-68-B, built 1927. Owner: [Fry Harry C Jr](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FRY%20HARRY%20C%20JR), [Pittsburgh, PA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/PA/Pittsburgh)

## Related

- Other Kondra Copter B-8 aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/kondra-copter-b-8/aircraft.md
- The Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG engine: https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng.md

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