- Date
- June 23, 1972
- Place
- Byrdstown, TN · BYRDSTOWN, TN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N101FTAmer Avco AA-1
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166600
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0927 72/6/23 BYRDSTOWN,TENN AMER AVCO AA-1 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 850 TIME - 1200 N101FT PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BYRDSTOWN,TENN LIVINGSTON,TENN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH= FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT FLEW ACFT OUT OF FARM FLD,UNAUTHORIZED BY OPERATOR. MADE LOW PASSES AND STEEP PULL UP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N101FT
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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