# Accident 19770116000159A: Amtr 130078X, El Mirage, CA, January 16, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 1977
- Place: El Mirage, CA
- Airport: El Mirage
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 34.6022° N, 117.6312° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Mirage, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6022&lon=-117.6312&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5150V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR 130078X
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 124 total, 24 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX77DUG22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77DUG22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770116000159A

## Narrative

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

SETTLED INTO BRUSH.

## 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 LAX77DUG22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77DUG22), Jan 16, 1977: Bensen B-8 (N5150V), El Mirage, 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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