# Accident 19730701021679A: Amtr 0562541, Ionia, MI, July 1, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 1973
- Place: Ionia, MI
- Airport: Ionia County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 42.9379° N, 85.0606° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at IONIA COUNTY (Y70), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9379&lon=-85.0606&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5578 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR 0562541
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 147 total, 1 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74FEM01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEM01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730701021679A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 CHI74FEM01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEM01), Jul 1, 1973: Wikoff Photon (N5578), Ionia, MI, 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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