# Accident 19740505013709A: Amtrsa STITSSJ, Rubidoux, CA, May 5, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 1974
- Place: Rubidoux, CA
- Airport: Riverside Flabob
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 33.9961° N, 117.4056° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rubidoux, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9961&lon=-117.4056&mi=10
- Aircraft: N431S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N431S-1974-05-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stits SA3A PLAYBOY (registry code 86502KF, https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-sa3a-playboy) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRSA STITSSJ
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 72 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74FUF52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74FUF52) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740505013709A

## Narrative

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

PLT KNEW CG BEYOND AFT LIMITS.OBS IN ERRACTIC CLIMB OUT BFOR SPIN.

## 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 LAX74FUF52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74FUF52), May 5, 1974: Stits SA-3A (N431S), Rubidoux, 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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