# Accident 19730530019949A: Boeing E75, Northwood, ND, May 30, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1973
- Place: Northwood, ND
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 47.7314° N, 97.5652° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Northwood, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7314&lon=-97.5652&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75664, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N75664-2005-05-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing E75 (registry code 1380120, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-e75) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING E75
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC73FTG17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73FTG17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730530019949A

## Narrative

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

PLT DID NOT SEE WIRES UNTIL HE WAS ABREAST OF THEM.PLT OVR-REACTED AND FLEW ACFT INTO THE GND.

## 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 MKC73FTG17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73FTG17), May 30, 1973: Stearman A75 (N75664), Northwood, ND, 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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