- Date
- September 9, 1973
- Place
- Slidell, LA · SLIDELL, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9917LAmer Avco AA1-B
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730909027159A
- Case key
- 188749
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2350 73/9/9 SLIDELL,LA AMER AVCO AA1-B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 1200 TIME - 1000 N9917L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GARRETT RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SLIDELL,LA BAY ST LOUIS,MISS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY REMARKS- PLT ROTATED PREMATURELY COULD NOT FLY OUT OF GND EFFECT NOT FAMILIAR WITH SHORT FLD TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9917L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA1-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Garrett Ranch
N9917LRegistration cancelled May 15, 2006 · Grumman American Avn. AA-1BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1BEngine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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.