# Accident 19730605014979A: Boeing A75, Kingsburg, CA, June 5, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 1973
- Place: Kingsburg, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 36.5252° N, 119.5664° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kingsburg, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5252&lon=-119.5664&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1359N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1359N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing A75 (registry code 1380108, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK73DVA63](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVA63) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730605014979A

## Narrative

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

HIT PUMP HOUSE WIRES. SULPHUR DUST RESTRICTED PLTS VISION.

## 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 OAK73DVA63](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVA63), Jun 5, 1973: Boeing A75N1 (N1359N), Kingsburg, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1359N (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19960127000959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960127000959A), Jan 27, 1996: Boeing A75 (N1359N), Daggett, CA, Substantial damage. Lost power approaching airport. Struck perimeter fence on final. 100YDS short. Cause power loss not determined.
- [Incident 19950315008359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950315008359I), Mar 15, 1995: Boeing A75 (N1359N), Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. Narrative: landed on rwy. 30, when tail wheel touched down plane turned right and went off runway hitting taxiway sign. The pilot learned later that idler on…

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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