- Date
- July 4, 1973
- Place
- Decatur, TN · DECATUR, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5736LAmer Avco AA1
- Status
- Completed · report August 24, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730704019499A
- Case key
- 189740
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1669 73/7/4 DECATUR,TENN AMER AVCO AA1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 555 TIME - 1200 N5736L PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 26 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NASHVILLE,TENN KNOXVILLE,TENN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL REMARKS- VOR TRACKING PRACTICE,AT ETA UN LOCATE ARPT.ATMTD LDG IN HAY FLD SAW WIRES BFR T/D PULLED NOSE UP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5736L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.