# Accident 19730818026899A: Gruman TBM3AIRTRD, Placerville, CA, August 18, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1973
- Place: Placerville, CA
- Airport: Placerville
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 38.7242° N, 120.7533° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PLACERVILLE (PVF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7242&lon=-120.7533&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1366N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1366N-1973-10-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman TBM-3E (registry code 3950310, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-tbm-3e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAN TBM3AIRTRD
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 25 in this make and model, 94 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74FVG07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74FVG07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730818026899A

## Narrative

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

APRX 584LBS OVR MAX GWT.SKIDDED OFF RWY OVR CLIFF,CRASHED ABT 1/2MI FRM APT.

## 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 OAK74FVG07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74FVG07), Aug 18, 1973: Grumman TBM (N1366N), Placerville, CA, 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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