- Date
- October 12, 1974
- Place
- Avalon, CA · AVALON, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5870LAmer Avco AA-5
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741012033799A
- Case key
- 141065
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3307 74/10/12 AVALON,CALIF AMER AVCO AA-5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 164 TIME - 1146 N5870L PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ARPT IN THE SKY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHULA VISTA,CALIF AVALON,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN STALL: MUSH LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- SETTLED INTO ROCKY DWN SLOPE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5870L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Arpt In The Sky
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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.