# Accident 19731208038359A: Airpts A5T, Siletz, OR, December 8, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1973
- Place: Siletz, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 44.7218° N, 123.9187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Siletz, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7218&lon=-123.9187&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6030C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6030C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Callair A-5T (registry code 1850112, https://openairdocs.org/model/callair-a-5t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRPTS A5T
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74DYC31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74DYC31-201595) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731208038359A

## Narrative

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

BLINDED BY SUN DURING PULL UP OVER TREE. SPRAYING OWN NURSERY STOCK.

## 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 SEA74DYC31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74DYC31-201595), Dec 8, 1973: Callair A-5T (N6030C), Siletz, OR, 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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