- Date
- June 16, 1974
- Place
- Chula Vista, CA · CHULA VISTA, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7109LAmer Avco AA-5
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740616017909A
- Case key
- 128284
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1662 74/6/16 CHULA VISTA,CALIF AMER AVCO AA-5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 19, 55 TOTAL TIME - 1032 N7109L PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SD BROWN FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EL MONTE,CALIF CHULA VISTA,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: INDUCTION AIR,PREHEAT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENG PWR LOSS DUE FATIGUE CARB HEAT CTL CABLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7109L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sd Brown Field
N7109LRegistered now · Grumman American Avn. AA-5Airframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7109L · 1
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