- Date
- March 18, 1973
- Place
- Spring, TX · SPRING, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6278LAmer Avco AA1B
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730318005059A
- Case key
- 169856
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0408 73/3/18 SPRING,TEX AMER AVCO AA1B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 79 TOTAL TIME - 1615 N6278L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPRING,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PILOT HAD 8/10 HR INSTRUCTION IN TYPE ACFT.ACFT NOT FUELED AFTER TWO PREVIOUS FLTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6278L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6278LRegistration cancelled Dec 13, 1977 · Grumman American Avn. AA-1BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1B
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6278L · 1
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