- Date
- February 17, 1974
- Place
- Williams, AZ · WILLIAMS, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9504LAmer Avco AA5
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740217003979A
- Case key
- 186841
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0448 74/2/17 WILLIAMS,ARIZ AMER AVCO AA5 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 140 TIME - 1223 N9504L PX- 0 1 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILLIAMS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILLIAMS,ARIZ PHOENIX,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 10000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 40 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 200 13 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT LEANED MIXT CTL UNTIL DROP IN RPM. CONT TKOF,UN CLIMB. ACFT HIT TREES. NR GROSS WT,D/A 7200 FT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9504L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Williams
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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