# Accident 19730421009119A: Sphrth CIRRUSSTD, Lovelock, NV, April 21, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1973
- Place: Lovelock, NV
- Airport: Derby Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 40.0665° N, 118.5651° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DERBY FLD (LOL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0665&lon=-118.5651&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8670, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8670-2012-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS (registry code 38019VE, https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-standard-cirrus) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SPHRTH CIRRUSSTD
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK73DXQ27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DXQ27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730421009119A

## Narrative

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

FUSELAGE BROKE OFF FORWARD OF THE TAIL SECTION AFT ACFT HIT SOFT DIRT.

## 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 OAK73DXQ27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DXQ27), Apr 21, 1973: Cirrus Stndrd (N8670), Lovelock, NV, 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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