# Accident 19730716024289A: Kaman H43A, Sultan, WA, July 16, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 1973
- Place: Sultan, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 47.8711° N, 121.8041° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sultan, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8711&lon=-121.8041&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2855J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2855J-1973-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Kaman H-43A (registry code 4800702, https://openairdocs.org/model/kaman-h-43a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: KAMAN H43A
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,883 total, 2,128 in this make and model, 72 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74FYE07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74FYE07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730716024289A

## Narrative

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

4 WHEELS.EMERG WATER DROP.UN TO OPEN GATES OR JETTISON LOAD,PLT DISTRACTED.FIREMAN HIT BY HOR STAB

## 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 SEA74FYE07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74FYE07), Jul 16, 1973: Kaman H-43A (N2855J), Sultan, WA, destroyed

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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