# Accident 19730413010249A: Rkwell NA26530, Montrose, CO, April 13, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 1973
- Place: Montrose, CO
- Airport: Montrose
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 38.5098° N, 107.8942° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONTROSE RGNL (MTJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5098&lon=-107.8942&mi=10
- Aircraft: N743R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N743R-1973-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American NA-265-60 (registry code 6402612, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-na-265-60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL NA26530
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 75 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN73AD047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73AD047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730413010249A

## Narrative

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

CONTD OPN OF L ENG AT CLIMB PWR AFTER UNWANTED IN-FLT DEPLOYMENT OF L ENG THRUST REVERSER.

## 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 DEN73AD047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73AD047), Apr 13, 1973: N.American NA-265 (N743R), Montrose, CO, 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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