# Accident 19730801022839A: Amtr 1130544, Oshkosh, WI, August 1, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1973
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Airport: Wittman Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 43.9844° N, 88.5570° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WITTMAN RGNL (OSH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9844&lon=-88.5570&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5BD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR 1130544
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 18 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74FEP03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEP03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730801022839A

## Narrative

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

THRUST REVERSER LEVER JAMMED CLOSED BY UNDET SUBSTANCE. HIT 2 APCH LT POLES.

## 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 CHI74FEP03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEP03), Aug 1, 1973: Bede BD-5J (N5BD), Oshkosh, WI, substantial damage

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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