# Accident 19730403011539A: Boeing N2S3, Holtville, CA, April 3, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 1973
- Place: Holtville, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 32.8138° N, 115.3783° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Holtville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8138&lon=-115.3783&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67517, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67517-1973-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing A75N1 (registry code 1380165, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING N2S3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 750 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX73DUM31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73DUM31) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730403011539A

## Narrative

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

GR DESCENDED INTO GRAIN FLD AND HIT CONCRETE DITCH.

## 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 LAX73DUM31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73DUM31), Apr 3, 1973: Boeing A75N1 (N67517), Holtville, CA, 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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