# Accident 19750805023649A: Luscom 8E, Watertown, SD, August 5, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1975
- Place: Watertown, SD
- Airport: Watertown Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 44.9140° N, 97.1547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATERTOWN RGNL (ATY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9140&lon=-97.1547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1820K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1820K-1975-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Luscombe 8E (registry code 8190112, https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LUSCOM 8E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 375 total, 5 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC76FTK03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76FTK03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750805023649A

## Narrative

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

ACFT OBSVD TO CLB STEEPLY TO ABT 200FT AGL INTO A HAMMERHEAD STALL.ALT TOO LOW FOR RCVRY.

## 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 MKC76FTK03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76FTK03), Aug 5, 1975: Luscombe 8E (N1820K), Watertown, SD, destroyed

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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