# Accident 19760307006949A: Amtr 1301055, Holtville, CA, March 7, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 1976
- Place: Holtville, CA
- Airport: Holtville
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 32.8403° N, 115.2670° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Holtville Airport (KL04), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8403&lon=-115.2670&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21CF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR 1301055
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76FUM21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76FUM21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760307006949A

## Narrative

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

WOODEN PROPELLER AND A MAIN ROTOR BLADE CAME IN CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER. BLADES FOLDED UP.

## 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 LAX76FUM21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76FUM21), Mar 7, 1976: Bensen B8M (N21CF), Holtville, CA, 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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