# Accident 19730605016519A: Amtr 3912241, Saltsburg, PA, June 5, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 1973
- Place: Saltsburg, PA
- Airport: J W Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 40.4846° N, 79.4482° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saltsburg, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4846&lon=-79.4482&mi=10
- Aircraft: N305Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR 3912241
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 671 total, 2 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC73DGM34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73DGM34) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730605016519A

## Narrative

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

LWR R WING DRAGGED GRAIN GROWING ADJACENT TO RWY.ACFT ENTRD GRAIN FLD NOSED OVR.2HR THIS ACFT.

## 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 NYC73DGM34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73DGM34), Jun 5, 1973: Great Lakes 2T-1AE (N305Y), Saltsburg, PA, 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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