- Date
- August 22, 1974
- Place
- Homestead, FL · HOMESTEAD, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5452LAmer Avco AA5
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740822027819A
- Case key
- 136856
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2771 74/8/22 NR.HOMESTEAD,FLA AMER AVCO AA5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1040 N5452L PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 25, 2004 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OCEAN REEF,FLA HOMESTEAD,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION BIRD STRIKE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - BIRD COLLISION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- PLT RPTD AT 500FT AGL ACFT SUSTAINED BIRD STRIKE HIT TREE AFTR MOMENTARILY LOST CTL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5452L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5452LRegistration cancelled Nov 14, 2016 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5Airframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.