- Date
- September 5, 1974
- Place
- Sitka, AK · SITKA, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8955LAmer Avco AA1-B
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740905030389A
- Case key
- 134398
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2515 74/9/5 NR.SITKA,ALAS AMER AVCO AA1-B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 90 TOTAL TIME - 1430 N8955L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JUNEAU,ALAS SITKA,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- AIRCRAFT IMPACTED INTO WATER FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS. ONLY DEBRIS FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8955L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA1-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N8955LRegistration cancelled Oct 30, 1974 · Grumman American Avn. AA-1BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1B
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.