- Date
- July 11, 1975
- Place
- Pie Town, NM · PIE TOWN, NM
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9930LAmer Avco AA1-B
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750711018479A
- Case key
- 149579
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1616 75/7/11 NR.PIE TOWN,NM AMER AVCO AA1-B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2040 N9930L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 22, 440 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 62 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KINGS RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PIE TOWN,NM GRANTS,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LIGHT AND VARIABLE TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 70 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ATTMPTD TKOF FRM MUDDY STRIP WITH 6-8IN CLUMPS OF GRASS. DENSITY ALT ABT 9300FT. WIND LT & VBL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9930L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA1-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kings Ranch
N9930LRegistration cancelled Mar 21, 2013 · Grumman American Avn. AA-1BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1BEngine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.