- Date
- December 19, 1971
- Place
- Tucson, AZ · TUCSON, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9249LAmer Avco AA1A
- Status
- Completed · report July 7, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164923
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4219 71/12/19 NR.TUCSON,ARIZ AMER AVCO AA1A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 99 TOTAL TIME - 0235 N9249L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 93 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUCSON,ARIZ WILLCOX,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 12/21/71.FLEW INTO MTN SLOPE ABOUT 6 MI NORTH OF PLANNED CRSE.ALL ACFT LTG INOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9249L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA1A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.