- Date
- July 26, 1971
- Place
- San Sebastian, PR · SAN SEBASTIAN, PR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6239LAmer Avco AA1
- Status
- Completed · report March 8, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162463
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2626 71/7/26 SAN SEBASTIAN,PR AMER AVCO AA1 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1150 N6239L PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 22, 331 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 14 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN SEBASTIAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SAN JUAN,PR SAN JUAN,PR SAN SEBASTIAN,PR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS DUAL STUDENT - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 4500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS NONE 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- ACFT DRIFTED DRG FLARE-OUT,T/D ABT 400FT DWN RWY,R WHEEL APRX 2FT R OF RWY.WIND GUSTING 30K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6239L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- San Sebastian
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.