# Accident 19740608016919A: Ryan ST3KR, Porterville, CA, June 8, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 1974
- Place: Porterville, CA
- Airport: Porterville Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 36.0296° N, 119.0627° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTERVILLE MUNI (PTV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0296&lon=-119.0627&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56002, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56002-1974-07-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR (registry code 7830502, https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-aeronautical-st3kr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RYAN ST3KR
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74FVA70](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74FVA70) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740608016919A

## Narrative

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

FLT OF 3,LOW PASS.1BROKE RT,1 BROKE LFT IN FRNT OF RYAN.OTR PLTS DIDNT KNOW RYAN HAD JOINED FLT.

## 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 LAX74FVA70](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74FVA70), Jun 8, 1974: Ryan ST-3KR (N56002), Porterville, 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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