# Accident 19750401007359A: Amtr 1302561, Carlsbad, CA, April 1, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 1975
- Place: Carlsbad, CA
- Airport: Palomar
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Location: 33.1581° N, 117.3506° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carlsbad, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1581&lon=-117.3506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62155 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR 1302561
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18 total, 4 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX75DUM23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75DUM23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750401007359A

## Narrative

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

HELI DRIFTED INTO GRND.PLT NOT ENDORSED FOR SOLO

## 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 LAX75DUM23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75DUM23), Apr 1, 1975: Scorpion TOO (N62155), Carlsbad, CA, 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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