# Accident 19730526013392A: Entwic PHOEBUSC, Redding, CA, May 26, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1973
- Place: Redding, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 40.5865° N, 122.3917° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Redding, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5865&lon=-122.3917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N696Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N696Z-1973-07-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bolkow PHOEBUS (registry code 1403004, https://openairdocs.org/model/bolkow-phoebus) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENTWIC PHOEBUSC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,075 total, 855 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK73AP042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73AP042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730526013392A

## Narrative

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

SOARING CONTEST.ACFT WERE 2 OF 7,ALL CLIMBING IN SAME THERMAL.N696Z PLT PARACHUTED OK,ACFT CRASHED

## Other aircraft in the event

- N194P, Glasfl LIBELLE: [Accident 19730526013391A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730526013391A)

## 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 OAK73AP042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73AP042), May 26, 1973: Bolkow A-1 (N696Z), Redding, 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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