- Date
- January 5, 1977
- Place
- Cahokia, IL · CAHOKIA, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N5797LAmerican AA1
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770105000579A
- Case key
- 157020
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0205 77/1/5 CAHOKIA,IL AMERICAN AA1 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0730 N5797L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 19, 525 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 180 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PARKS BI-STATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CAHOKIA,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT STATIC: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RAMP/TAXIWAY REMARKS- CFI HAND PROPPED PLANE.DUAL STUDENT AT CONTROLS FAILED TO REDUCE POWER AFTER START.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5797L
- Reported as
- American AA1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Parks Bi-State
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.