# Accident 19730708020429A: Amtr 0560310, Sparks, NV, July 8, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1973
- Place: Sparks, NV
- Airport: Air Sailng Gldrpt
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 39.5349° N, 119.7527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sparks, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5349&lon=-119.7527&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63494 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR 0560310
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74FXQ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74FXQ03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730708020429A

## Narrative

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

AUTO/GLIDER TOW SYSTEM USED. MISC-TOW ROPE FAILED TO RELEASE FOR UNDTRMD REASON

## 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 OAK74FXQ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74FXQ03), Jul 8, 1973: Nimbus III-B (N63494), Sparks, NV, 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.