# Accident 19730604014749A: Gruman TBM3AIRTRD, Fort Kent, ME, June 4, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 1973
- Place: Fort Kent, ME
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 47.2517° N, 68.5872° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Kent, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2517&lon=-68.5872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7014C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7014C-1975-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman TBM-3E (registry code 3950310, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-tbm-3e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAN TBM3AIRTRD
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,205 total, 1,410 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC73DNG75](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73DNG75) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730604014749A

## Narrative

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

INSIDE ACFT OF 3 ACFT WINGTIP-TO-WINGTIP FORMATION FLIGHT.

## 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 NYC73DNG75](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73DNG75), Jun 4, 1973: Grumman TBM-3E (N7014C), Fort Kent, ME, 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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