- Date
- August 5, 1975
- Place
- Watertown, SD · WATERTOWN, SD
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1820KLuscombe 8E
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750805023649A
- Case key
- 150310
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2121 75/8/5 WATERTOWN,SD LUSCOMBE 8E CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 377 TIME - 2020 N1820K PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WATERTOWN MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WATERTOWN,SD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD TO CLB STEEPLY TO ABT 200FT AGL INTO A HAMMERHEAD STALL.ALT TOO LOW FOR RCVRY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1820K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Watertown Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1820K · 1
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