# Accident 19730517013089A: Amtr 1300801, Grand Island, NE, May 17, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1973
- Place: Grand Island, NE
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 40.9214° N, 98.3586° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Island, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9214&lon=-98.3586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5406 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR 1300801
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 297 total, 32 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC73FCJ40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73FCJ40) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730517013089A

## Narrative

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

UPPER ENG MOUNT WALK BEAM 7100-6 RIPPED AND TORN,BREAKS RUSTY.NO FORMAL COPTER TRAIN,SELF TAUGHT.

## 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 MKC73FCJ40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73FCJ40), May 17, 1973: Scorpion Single (N5406), Grand Island, NE, destroyed, 1 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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