- Date
- August 9, 1969
- Place
- El Monte, CA · EL MONTE, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163007
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3571 69/8/9 EL MONTE,CALIF AMERICAN AA1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 109 TIME - 1100 N5703L PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 21 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 2 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EL MONTE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EL MONTE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- HOLDING FOR T/O,VERTICAL STABILIZER STRUCK BY WING OF TAXIING CITABRIA N2977G.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3571 69/8/9 EL MONTE,CALIF CHAMPION 7ECA CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1100 N2977G PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 35, 711 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 63 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EL MONTE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EL MONTE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- INSTRR PLT IN REAR SEAT TAXIING ACFT.WING STRUCK VERTICAL STABILIZER OF YANKEE N5703L.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N2977G
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- El Monte
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.
- Registration
- N5703L
- Reported as
- American AA1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- El Monte
N5703LRegistration cancelled Apr 18, 2019 · American AA-1Airframe modelAmerican AA-1Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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.