# NTSB DEN70AD059: Amer Avco AA-1, N5993L, Aurora, CO, June 18, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 18, 1970
- Place: Aurora, CO · AURORA, CO
- Location: 39.7294° N, 104.8319° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aurora, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7294&lon=-104.8319&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 21, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 126942
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN70AD059
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN70AD059

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5993L-1970-10-10), registration cancelled 1970-10-10, S/N AA1-0293 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMER AVCO AA-1
- Registry model: [American AA-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/american-aa-1) (registry code 0630610) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Sky Ranch

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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