# Accident 19730712025879A: Boeing B17G, Eureka, NV, July 12, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1973
- Place: Eureka, NV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 39.5112° N, 115.9658° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eureka, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5112&lon=-115.9658&mi=10
- Aircraft: N620L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N620L-1973-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing B-17G (registry code 1380204, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-b-17g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B17G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,300 total, 59 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74FXQ07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74FXQ07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730712025879A

## Narrative

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

LOW ALT STEEP TURN DOWNWIND OVR DOWNSLOPE SIDE OF MTN.DRY RUN OVR FIRE LINE,FULL LOAD.WIND GUSTY.

## 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 OAK74FXQ07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74FXQ07), Jul 12, 1973: Boeing B-17G (N620L), Eureka, NV, destroyed, 2 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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