# Accident 19770718021459A: Amtr 0563601, Ferndale, WA, July 18, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 1977
- Place: Ferndale, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 48.8534° N, 122.5902° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ferndale, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.8534&lon=-122.5902&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5596 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR 0563601
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 497 total, 113 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA77DYE30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77DYE30) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770718021459A

## Narrative

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

FLYING DOWN RIVER AT 100FT,STRUCK WIRES.

## 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 SEA77DYE30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77DYE30), Jul 18, 1977: Wulle VP2 (N5596), Ferndale, WA, 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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