# Accident 19760812024739A: Naval N3N3, Tempe, AZ, August 12, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1976
- Place: Tempe, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 33.4148° N, 111.9093° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tempe, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4148&lon=-111.9093&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44744, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44744) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 (registry code 6120202, https://openairdocs.org/model/naval-aircraft-factory-n3n-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVAL N3N3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,252 total, 15 in this make and model, 72 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76DUJ01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76DUJ01-201337) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760812024739A

## Narrative

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

ACFT SETTLED TO GRND.

## 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 LAX76DUJ01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76DUJ01-201337), Aug 12, 1976: Naval Fcty N3N-3 (N44744), Tempe, AZ, 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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