# NTSB OAK73DXQ27: Cirrus Stndrd, N8670, Lovelock, NV, April 21, 1973

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 21, 1973
- Place: Lovelock, NV · LOVELOCK, NV
- Location: 40.1787° N, 118.4774° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lovelock, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1787&lon=-118.4774&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 23, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 170690
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK73DXQ27
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DXQ27

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0767  73/4/21    LOVELOCK,NEV        CIRRUS STNDRD       CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 43, 1400
        TIME - 1530                    N8670               PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DERBY FIELD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MINDEN,NEV                  LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT SHOULDERS
        WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED
        WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                      6000
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND
          NONE                                                     LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES
        TEMPERATURE-F                                            WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES
           60                                                      330
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           12                                                      VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- FUSELAGE BROKE OFF FORWARD OF THE TAIL SECTION AFT ACFT HIT SOFT DIRT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8670](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8670-2012-06-26), registration cancelled 2012-06-26, S/N 47, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS STNDRD
- Registry model: [Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS](https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-standard-cirrus) (registry code 38019VE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Derby Field

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19730421009119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730421009119A), Apr 21, 1973: Sphrth CIRRUSSTD, Lovelock, NV, Substantial damage. Fuselage broke off forward of the tail section aft acft hit soft dirt.

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.

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