# Accident 19740414012499A: Amtr 8650441, Clear Lake, CA, April 14, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 1974
- Place: Clear Lake, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 38.9600° N, 122.6332° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clearlake, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9600&lon=-122.6332&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6733C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR 8650441
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 460 total, 18 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74FVG43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74FVG43) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740414012499A

## Narrative

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

LOW LEVEL ACROBATICS OVR LAKE.ACFT SANK.PLTS URINE ALCOHOL LVL 0.14 .

## 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 OAK74FVG43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74FVG43), Apr 14, 1974: Stits SA6B (N6733C), Clear Lake, CA, destroyed, 2 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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