- Date
- May 10, 1973
- Place
- Jasper, AL · JASPER, AL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- ZS-IXEAmer Avco AA1
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 189816
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-0015 73/5/10 JASPER,ALA AMER AVCO AA1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 20, 312 TIME - 0942 ZS-IXE PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WALKER COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONDON,KY CULLMAN,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- L FUEL TANK CONTAINED CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF FUEL R TANK EMPTY.FUEL SEL PSN R TANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- ZS-IXE
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Walker County