# Accident 19730309008359A: Hamflu HFB320, Phoenix, AZ, March 9, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 1973
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Sky Harbor International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N320MC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N320MC-1981-02-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hamburger Flugzeugbau HFB 320 HANSA (registry code 4071204, https://openairdocs.org/model/hamburger-flugzeugbau-hfb-320-hansa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HAMFLU HFB320
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,672 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 103 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX73AL043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73AL043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730309008359A

## 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 LAX73AL043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73AL043), Mar 9, 1973: Ham-Flugzeu HFB320 (N320MC), Phoenix, AZ, 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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