# Accident 19780703020329A: Amtr 05609C2, Dorris, CA, July 3, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 1978
- Place: Dorris, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 41.9650° N, 121.9204° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dorris, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9650&lon=-121.9204&mi=10
- Aircraft: N942 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR 05609C2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 221 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78FVG59](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FVG59) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780703020329A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 OAK78FVG59](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FVG59), Jul 3, 1978: Varieze (N942), Dorris, CA, 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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