- Date
- March 21, 1970
- Place
- Mt Baldy, CA · MT BALDY, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5994LAmer Avco AA-1
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 134507
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1484 70/3/21 MT BALDY,CALIF AMER AVCO AA-1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 400 TIME - 1520 N5994L PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FULLERTON,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- INVESTIGATION REVEALED ACFT IN NR VER DIVE AT IMPACT.ACFT CONSUMED BY FIRE.1.5HRS CK OUT BFR FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5994L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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