- Date
- May 30, 1971
- Place
- Pecatonica, IL · PECATONICA, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5621LAmer Avco AA1
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 133356
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1758 71/5/30 PECATONICA,ILL AMER AVCO AA1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 198 TIME - 1930 N5621L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PECATONICA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PECATONICA,ILL CHICAGO,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- HIT BUMP ON RWY,ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE,SETTLED ON NOSE GR,GR GOLLAPSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5621L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pecatonica
N5621LRegistration cancelled Apr 22, 2013 · American AA-1Airframe modelAmerican AA-1Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N5621L · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.