- Date
- April 21, 1974
- Place
- Stevensville, MD · STEVENSVILLE, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1012GAmer Avco AA1
- Status
- Completed · report June 6, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740421008949A
- Case key
- 186271
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0862 74/4/21 STEVENSVILLE,MD AMER AVCO AA1 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 81 TOTAL TIME - 1240 N1012G PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 24 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BAY BRIDGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BALTIMORE,MD STEVENSVILLE,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 190 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT RPTD WIND 15K,GUSTS TO 20K.EXCEEDED MAX DEMONSTRATED X-WIND COMPONENT OF ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1012G
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bay Bridge
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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.