# Accident 19740928032569A: Cessna 320D, Ambler, PA, September 28, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 1974
- Place: Ambler, PA
- Airport: Wings Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 40.1376° N, 75.2651° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WINGS FLD (LOM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1376&lon=-75.2651&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4118T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4118T-1997-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320D (registry code 2074512, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,415 total, 204 in this make and model, 221 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC75FHD21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75FHD21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740928032569A

## Narrative

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

UNSAFE DWN IND INFLT.USED EMERG GR CRANK.LNDD AFTER GND OBSVR INDCTD GR DWN.R GR COLLAPSED.

## 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 NYC75FHD21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75FHD21), Sep 28, 1974: Cessna 320D (N4118T), Ambler, PA, 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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