# Accident 19770416011979A: Schzow MODELB, Palatka, FL, April 16, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 1977
- Place: Palatka, FL
- Airport: Kay Larkin
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Power On Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Location: 29.6501° N, 81.6719° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palatka, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6501&lon=-81.6719&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64613 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SCHZOW MODELB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 74 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA77FLA26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FLA26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770416011979A

## Narrative

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

GUSTS TO EST 25KTS.NO KNOWN INSTRUCTION RECD IN GYROCOPTERS.M/R STRUCK TAILBOOM IN DESCENT.

## 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 MIA77FLA26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FLA26), Apr 16, 1977: Bensen BM-8 (N64613), Palatka, FL, 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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