# Accident 19761016032579A: Amtr 1302144, Laurens, SC, October 16, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 1976
- Place: Laurens, SC
- Airport: Laurens Co Airpt.
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 34.5027° N, 82.0214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Laurens, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5027&lon=-82.0214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6536 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR 1302144
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA77FL901](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FL901) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761016032579A

## Narrative

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

MAIN ROTOR BLADES AND ENG DRIVEN PROPELLER MADE CONTACT DURING PLT INDUCED STALL MANEUVER

## 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 MIA77FL901](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FL901), Oct 16, 1976: Bensen B-8M (N6536), Laurens, SC, 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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