- Date
- April 21, 1973
- Place
- Erie, CO · ERIE, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6346LAmer Avco AA1
- Status
- Completed · report June 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730421008269A
- Case key
- 170623
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0875 73/4/21 ERIE,COLO AMER AVCO AA1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1800 N6346L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 24, 887 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 40 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOULDER,COLO DENVER,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- ACFT ENTERED A SPIN,THEN WENT INTO A FLAT SPIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6346L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.