- Date
- April 6, 1971
- Place
- Mazomanie, WI · MAZOMANIE, WI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5963LAmer Avco AA-1
- Status
- Completed · report August 19, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 132851
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0077 71/4/6 MAZOMANIE,WIS AMER AVCO AA-1 CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0947 N5963L PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 27, 700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 135 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WAUNAKEE,WIS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- LVL FLT,ABT 500FT,ACFT NOSE DWN APRX 45DEG ENTERED R SPIRAL DIVE WITH LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CTL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5963L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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