- Date
- August 16, 1973
- Place
- Abbeville, SC · ABBEVILLE, SC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5478LAmer Avco AA-5
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730816030889A
- Case key
- 189068
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2598 73/8/16 ABBEVILLE,SC AMER AVCO AA-5 CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 33, 75 TOTAL TIME - 0218 N5478L PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 32 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FERNANDINA BEACH,FLA SPARTANBURG,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT HAD NO PREVIOUS INST TRNG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5478L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
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