- Date
- November 2, 1969
- Place
- Birmingham, MI · BIRMINGHAM, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N224YAmer Avco AA-1
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 153417
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4279 69/11/2 BIRMINGHAM,MICH AMER AVCO AA-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 89 TOTAL TIME - 1400 N224Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BERZ DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANN ARBOR,MICH BIRMINGHAM,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND REMARKS- L LDG GR HIT ROCK ABT 12IN DIAMETER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N224Y
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Berz