# Accident 19740407007539A: Amtr 1300961, Rohnerville, CA, April 7, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1974
- Place: Rohnerville, CA
- Airport: Rohnerville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Location: 40.5539° N, 124.1327° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROHNERVILLE (FOT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5539&lon=-124.1327&mi=10
- Aircraft: N977 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR 1300961
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 41 total, 29 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74DVD29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74DVD29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740407007539A

## Narrative

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

INADEQUATELY SECURED 47LB BALANCE WT CAME LOOSE FROM R SKID DRG LDG.

## 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 OAK74DVD29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74DVD29), Apr 7, 1974: Scorpion II (N977), Rohnerville, 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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