- Date
- December 17, 1974
- Place
- Fenton, MO · FENTON, MO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8867LAmer Avco AA1-B
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741217041309A
- Case key
- 144461
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3995 74/12/17 FENTON,MO AMER AVCO AA1-B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 21, 79 TOTAL TIME - 1340 N8867L PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 53 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEISS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EAST ST LOUIS,MO FENTON,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION REMARKS- ACCELERATED STALL.ACFT SPUN OUT OF A STEEP BANKED L TURN.PLT CONCERNED WITH OTR ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8867L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA1-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Weiss
N8867LRegistration cancelled Feb 6, 1975 · Grumman American Avn. AA-1BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1B
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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.