- Date
- July 1, 1970
- Place
- Sycamore, IL · SYCAMORE, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5683LAmer Avco AA1
- Status
- Completed · report May 13, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121297
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2963 70/7/1 SYCAMORE,ILL AMER AVCO AA1 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1530 N5683L PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 42, 1282 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 256 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SYCAMORE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,ILL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS DUAL STUDENT - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- DWN WIND SHORT FLD TKOF,RWY 1660FT,SOD,OAT 98DEG.R QUARTERING TAILWIND 120DEG 10K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5683L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sycamore
N5683LRegistration cancelled Nov 13, 2012 · 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.