# Accident 19730722025609A: Amtr 0562766, Montour Falls, NY, July 22, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 1973
- Place: Montour Falls, NY
- Airport: Cranes
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 42.3482° N, 76.8494° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Montour Falls, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3482&lon=-76.8494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N267, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N267-2009-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wood VOLKSPLANE WE-1 (registry code 0562766, https://openairdocs.org/model/wood-volksplane-we-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR 0562766
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 1 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74FFJ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FFJ03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730722025609A

## Narrative

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

AILERON PULLEY GUARD NOT INSTALLED ALLOWED AILERON CABLE TO RUN OFF PULLEY.

## 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 NYC74FFJ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FFJ03), Jul 22, 1973: Volksplane WE-1 (N267), Montour Falls, NY, 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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