- Date
- August 5, 1972
- Place
- Bedford, IN · BEDFORD, IN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5839LAmer Avco AA-5
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168029
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2858 72/8/5 BEDFORD,IND AMER AVCO AA-5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 79 TOTAL TIME - 1020 N5839L PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BEDFORD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CINCINNATI,OHIO BEDFORD,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- ACFT TAXIED INTO CLEARLY VISIBLE GAS PUMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5839L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bedford
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