- Date
- February 12, 1976
- Place
- Yuma, AZ · YUMA, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9918LAmer Avco AA1-B
- Status
- Completed · report April 9, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760212002809A
- Case key
- 152755
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0400 76/2/12 YUMA,AZ AMER AVCO AA1-B CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1625 N9918L PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 50, 894 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 275 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARINE AUX #4 DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YUMA,AZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT REMARKS- DRIFTED TO R AT TKOF. R WG HIT CONSTRUCTION BARRICADE OFF SIDE OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9918L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA1-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Marine Aux #4
N9918LRegistered now · Grumman American Avn. AA-1BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1BEngine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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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.