# Accident 19751108035659A: Amtr 1300441, San Diego, CA, November 8, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 1975
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4245, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4245-2012-11-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wilson BENSEN B8M (registry code 1300417, https://openairdocs.org/model/wilson-bensen-b8m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Mcculloch 4318A&E/0-100 (registry code 43101, https://openairdocs.org/engine/mcculloch-4318a-e-0-100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR 1300441
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76DUM11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76DUM11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751108035659A

## Narrative

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

PILOT FAILED TO REMOVE WEDGE SPACER IN ROTOR HEAD BFOR FLT. FLOAT EQUIPPED GYRO.

## 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 LAX76DUM11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76DUM11), Nov 8, 1975: Bensen B8M (N4245), San Diego, CA, destroyed

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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