- Date
- March 8, 1970
- Place
- Aurora, CO · AURORA, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5950LAmer Avco AA-1
- Status
- Completed · report September 24, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 136641
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0994 70/3/8 AURORA,COLO AMER AVCO AA-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 1265 TIME - 1430 N5950L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AURORA,COLO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- R WG STRUCK GRND AT LIFT OFF. PLT HAD DUAL CHECKOUT AND SOLO FLT IN TYPE ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5950L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sky Ranch
N5950LRegistration cancelled May 30, 2013 · American AA-1Airframe modelAmerican AA-1Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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