- Date
- May 4, 1974
- Place
- Oklahoma Cty, OK · OKLAHOMA CTY, OK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6261LAmer Avco AA1-B
- Status
- Completed · report June 4, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740504010339A
- Case key
- 186212
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0972 74/5/4 OKLAHOMA CTY,OKLA AMER AVCO AA1-B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 49 TOTAL TIME - 1730 N6261L PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILEY POST DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OKLAHOMA CTY,OKLA MCALESTER,OKLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 4000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 40 9 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- ACFT BOUNCED AFTER TOUCHDOWN RWY 12-TRAVELED 2000 FT HIT DITCH.PLT BRFD ON CROSSWIND BY TOWER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6261L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA1-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wiley Post
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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.