- Date
- August 20, 1974
- Place
- Laytonsville, MD · LAYTONSVILLE, MD
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9946LAmer Avco AA1-B
- Status
- Completed · report October 11, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740820027799A
- Case key
- 136860
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2774 74/8/20 LAYTONSVILLE,MD AMER AVCO AA1-B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 248 TIME - 1936 N9946L PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUTTS FARM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAYTONSVILLE,MD FREDERICK,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- ACFT ABT 15LB OVR G/W.OWNERS MANUAL-HARD SFC 1915FT TO CLR 50FT OBSTACLE.TREE 2040FT FM PT OF DEP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9946L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA1-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Butts Farm
N9946LRegistration cancelled Jun 11, 1975 · Grumman American Avn. AA-1BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1B
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.