- Date
- October 3, 1970
- Place
- Agua Dulce, CA · AGUA DULCE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5666LAmer Avco AA1
- Status
- Completed · report February 9, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158862
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4624 70/10/3 AGUA DULCE,CALIF AMER AVCO AA1 CR- 0 2 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0630 N5666L PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 27, 2275 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 51 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AGUA DULCE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- OVRLOADED APRXLY 70LBS,BARELY OUT OF REAR CG LIMITS. HIT TRANSFORMER POLE APRXLY 5FT BLO TOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5666L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Agua Dulce
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