- Date
- April 19, 1973
- Place
- Chattanooga, TN · CHATTANOOGA, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5621LAmer Avco AA-1
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730419010049A
- Case key
- 170594
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0945 73/4/19 CHATTANOOGA,TENN AMER AVCO AA-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 280 TIME - 2045 N5621L PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 222 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOVELL FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROANOKE,VA CHATTANOOGA,TENN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- TAXIED OFF TAXIWAY INTO CONSTRUCTION AREA MARKED BY REFLECTORS.ACFT NOT EQPD WITH LDG LGT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5621L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lovell Field
N5621LRegistration cancelled Apr 22, 2013 · American AA-1Airframe modelAmerican AA-1Engine 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.
Other investigations on N5621L · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.