# Accident 19730610015269A: Amtrsa STITSSJ, Macomb, IL, June 10, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 1973
- Place: Macomb, IL
- Airport: Macomb Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 40.5201° N, 90.6524° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MACOMB MUNI (MQB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5201&lon=-90.6524&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74872, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N74872-1973-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stits PLAYBOY SA-3A (registry code 86502HF, https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-playboy-sa-3a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRSA STITSSJ
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 194 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI73FEV29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73FEV29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730610015269A

## Narrative

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

R HORIZONTAL STABILIZER LEAD EDGE MOUNT TUBE BKN AT ATTACH HOLE.STITS DWG 2/17/68 CVRS.NOT C/W.

## 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 CHI73FEV29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73FEV29), Jun 10, 1973: Stits SA-3A (N74872), Macomb, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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