# Accident 19730224004399A: Schzow MODELB, Highland, CA, February 24, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 1973
- Place: Highland, CA
- Airport: Norton Afb
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Location: 34.1135° N, 117.1657° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Highland, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1135&lon=-117.1657&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3095 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SCHZOW MODELB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,421 total, 15 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX73FUG41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73FUG41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730224004399A

## Narrative

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

DESCENDED OUT OF CTL DURG L TURN.

## 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 LAX73FUG41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73FUG41), Feb 24, 1973: Scorpion UXCR-1 (N3095), Highland, CA, substantial damage

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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