# Accident 19730425009739A: Amtr 0560310, North Adams, MA, April 25, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1973
- Place: North Adams, MA
- Airport: Harriman
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 42.6756° N, 73.1181° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of North Adams, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6756&lon=-73.1181&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4705 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR 0560310
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,565 total, 23 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC73FNE30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73FNE30) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730425009739A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 NYC73FNE30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73FNE30), Apr 25, 1973: Cook Tern (N4705), North Adams, MA, 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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