# Accident 19740914035839A: Airpts A4, Bessemer, AL, September 14, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 1974
- Place: Bessemer, AL
- Airport: Bessemer
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 33.3129° N, 86.9259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Bessemer Airport (EKY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3129&lon=-86.9259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6147C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6147C-2015-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Callair A-4 (registry code 1850108, https://openairdocs.org/model/callair-a-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRPTS A4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 259 total, 1 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA75KKJ22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75KKJ22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740914035839A

## Narrative

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

PLT HAD NOT FLOWN THIS TYPE ACFT PRIOR THIS 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 MIA75KKJ22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75KKJ22), Sep 14, 1974: Callair A-4 (N6147C), Bessemer, AL, 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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