- Date
- July 4, 1973
- Place
- Stevensville, MD · STEVENSVILLE, MD
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5787LAmer Avco AA1
- Status
- Completed · report August 24, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730704019209A
- Case key
- 189787
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1597 73/7/4 STEVENSVILLE,MD AMER AVCO AA1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 2956 TIME - 1844 N5787L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 132 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KENTMORR AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STEVENSVILLE,MD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE-AIRPORT FACILITIES AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE BRIEFLY NEAR E END OF RWY IMDTLY SETTLED BACK TO GND.CARB HEAT ON,1FT GRASS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5787L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kentmorr Airpark
N5787LRegistration cancelled Oct 29, 2022 · American AA-1Airframe modelAmerican AA-1Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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Other investigations on N5787L · 1
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