# Accident 19731123039519A: Amtr 0562981, Elsinore, CA, November 23, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 1973
- Place: Elsinore, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 33.6681° N, 117.3273° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Elsinore, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6681&lon=-117.3273&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3705 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR 0562981
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,505 total, 8 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74DUG25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74DUG25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731123039519A

## Narrative

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

GLIDER EXPERIMENTAL FLT. BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE,PLT BAILED OUT OK.

## 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 LAX74DUG25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74DUG25), Nov 23, 1973: Whigham GW-4 (N3705), Elsinore, CA, 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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