- Date
- November 7, 1973
- Place
- Douglas, AZ · DOUGLAS, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9286LAmer Avco AA1-A
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731107037939A
- Case key
- 187933
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3746 73/11/7 NR.DOUGLAS,ARIZ AMER AVCO AA1-A CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 18, 143 TIME - 1700 N9286L PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DOUGLAS,ARIZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- FLEW INTO HILLSIDE OUT OF TRNG AREA.ELT AIDED IN SEARCH.RECOVERED 11/8/73.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9286L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA1-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.