- Date
- July 9, 1975
- Place
- Ft Lauderdale, FL · FT LAUDERDALE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5662LAmer Avco AA1
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 150246
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2242 75/7/9 NR.FT LAUDERDALE,FL AMER AVCO AA1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1420 N5662L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 26, 2963 TOTAL HOURS, 373 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEST END,BAHAMAS FT LAUDERDALE,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- NO PROBLEMS RPTD ON PREV FLT.ACFT SANK,NOT RCVRD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5662L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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