- Date
- September 5, 1971
- Place
- Blakesburg, IA · BLAKESBURG, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5973LAmer Avco AA-1
- Status
- Completed · report May 24, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164308
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3913 71/9/5 BLAKESBURG,IOWA AMER AVCO AA-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 37, TIME - 1200 N5973L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 380 TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ANTIQUE AIRFIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BLAKESBURG,IOWA FT.WORTH,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. REMARKS- EXPIRED STDNT CERT.ABT 45LBS OGW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5973L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Antique Airfield
N5973LRegistration cancelled May 1, 2019 · American AA-1Airframe modelAmerican AA-1Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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.