- Date
- October 6, 1970
- Place
- Houston, TX · HOUSTON, TX
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5996LAmer Avco AA-1
- Status
- Completed · report June 8, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180651
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3215 70/10/6 HOUSTON,TEX AMER AVCO AA-1 CR- 0 2 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1415 N5996L PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 32, 922 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 44 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WM P HOBBY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT REMARKS- TURNED L NOSE DWN APRX 5DEG,BANK INCREASED 80-90DEG,PITCHED UP,ROLLED R,PORPOISED,THEN PITCHED DWN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5996L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wm P Hobby
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