# Accident 19740414009609A: Amtr 8660141, Santa Paula, CA, April 14, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 1974
- Place: Santa Paula, CA
- Airport: Santa Paula
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 34.3470° N, 119.0616° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA PAULA (SZP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3470&lon=-119.0616&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50WP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR 8660141
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,362 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74FUQ35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74FUQ35) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740414009609A

## Narrative

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

ACFT OBSVD IN LOW ALT ACROBATIC MANEUVERS PRIOR TO IMPACT.

## 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 LAX74FUQ35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74FUQ35), Apr 14, 1974: Starduster SA-100 (N50WP), Santa Paula, 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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