# Accident 19750612015469A: Luscom 8A, Taft, CA, June 12, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 1975
- Place: Taft, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 35.1267° N, 119.4242° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Taft, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1267&lon=-119.4242&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45543, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45543-1975-07-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8A (registry code 8190104, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOM 8A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 584 total, 69 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX75AL065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75AL065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750612015469A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

HIT GRND AFTER RECOVERY FROM 6 TURN INTNTL SPIN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 LAX75AL065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75AL065), Jun 12, 1975: Luscombe 8A (N45543), Taft, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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