# Accident 19731020036419A: Gruman F8F2ACME, Mojave, CA, October 20, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 1973
- Place: Mojave, CA
- Airport: Mojave
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 35.0525° N, 118.1740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mojave, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0525&lon=-118.1740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N148F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N148F-1974-01-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman F8F-2 (registry code 3950802, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-f8f-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAN F8F2ACME
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74FUQ16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74FUQ16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731020036419A

## Narrative

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

FIRE FROM UNDETERMINED SOURCE DRG HEAT RACE.

## 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 LAX74FUQ16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74FUQ16), Oct 20, 1973: Grumman F8F-2 (N148F), Mojave, 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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