# Accident 19730307007049A: Rkwell NA26540, Blaine, MN, March 7, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 1973
- Place: Blaine, MN
- Airport: Anoka County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 45.1608° N, 93.2349° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Blaine, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1608&lon=-93.2349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9503Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9503Z-1973-03-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American NA-265-40 (registry code 6402608, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-na-265-40) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL NA26540
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,402 total, 288 in this make and model, 63 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC73AK057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73AK057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730307007049A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 MKC73AK057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73AK057), Mar 7, 1973: N. American NA-265 (N9503Z), Blaine, MN, destroyed, 2 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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