# Accident 19730923032179A: Amtr 0560310, Fremont, CA, September 23, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1973
- Place: Fremont, CA
- Airport: Sky Sailing
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 37.4970° N, 121.9621° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Sky Sailing Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4970&lon=-121.9621&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72WM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR 0560310
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 130 total, 34 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74FVD07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74FVD07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730923032179A

## Narrative

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

LOSS OF CTL FOR UNDET REASON.OBS DESCRIBED ERRATIC FLT.PARACHUTE CAUGHT ON TAIL OF ACFT.

## 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 OAK74FVD07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74FVD07), Sep 23, 1973: W.Marra Driftr (N72WM), Fremont, CA, destroyed, 1 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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