# Accident 19790714015179A: Amtr BROWNEB, Bishop, CA, July 14, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 1979, 06:00 local time
- Place: Bishop, CA
- Airport: Bishop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3731° N, 118.3636° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BISHOP (BIH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3731&lon=-118.3636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N874V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR BROWNEB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 258 total, 28 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79DVW19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVW19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790714015179A

## Narrative

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

PILOT SAID GUST OF WIND HIT HIM AS HE WAS ABOUT TO TOUCH DOWN ON LANDING.

## 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 OAK79DVW19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVW19), Jul 14, 1979: Browne B (N874V), Bishop, 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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