- Date
- September 29, 1973
- Place
- Taylorsville, NC · TAYLORSVILLE, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6023LAmer Avco AA-5
- Status
- Completed · report November 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730929040629A
- Case key
- 188043
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3483 73/9/29 TAYLORSVILLE,NC AMER AVCO AA-5 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1430 N6023L PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 52, 20783 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 209 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TAYLORSVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TAYLORSVILLE,NC COLUMBIA,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LNDD IN COW PASTURE HIT GND HARD NOSE GR SHEARED OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6023L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Taylorsville
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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.