- Date
- June 18, 1970
- Place
- Aurora, CO · AURORA, CO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5993LAmer Avco AA-1
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 126942
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1064 70/6/18 AURORA,COLO AMER AVCO AA-1 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1745 N5993L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 39, 536 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 51 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AURORA,COLO AURORA,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- PLT 17 PCT CARBON MONOXIDE,CO-PLT 18 PCT FOR UNK CAUSE.ACFT FLARED,R ROLL,HIT GRND INVERTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5993L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sky Ranch
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