# Accident 19770202001749A: Amtr 8780252, Riverside, CA, February 2, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 1977
- Place: Riverside, CA
- Airport: Riverside
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 33.9519° N, 117.4451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RIVERSIDE (RAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9519&lon=-117.4451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555AM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR 8780252
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,480 total, 162 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX77FUG30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FUG30) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770202001749A

## Narrative

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

LNDD TO LEFT OF RWY.

## 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 LAX77FUG30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FUG30), Feb 2, 1977: Swearingen SA226T (N555AM), Riverside, CA, 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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