# Accident 19760208003669A: Amtr 1130736, Evansville, IN, February 8, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 1976
- Place: Evansville, IN
- Airport: Dress Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 37.9748° N, 87.5558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Evansville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9748&lon=-87.5558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N617PS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR 1130736
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,392 total, 15 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76FEA25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEA25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760208003669A

## Narrative

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

KAWASAKI,MODEL Z1A 900CC MODIFIED MOTORCYCLE ENGINE INSTALLED IN AIRPLANE. FUEL 100 LOW LEAD AVGAS

## 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 CHI76FEA25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEA25), Feb 8, 1976: Saltzman BD-5B (N617PS), Evansville, IN, destroyed, 1 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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