- Date
- July 21, 1974
- Place
- Fargo, ND · FARGO, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4SUAmer Avco AA1-B
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740721026749A
- Case key
- 136868
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2686 74/7/21 FARGO,N DAK AMER AVCO AA1-B CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 21, 37 TOTAL TIME - 0850 N4SU PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HECTOR AIRPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FARGO,N DAK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - OTHER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- L FUEL CELL EMPTY. R FUEL CELL FOUR GAL OF FUEL.SELECTOR SWITCHED FM L TO R AFTER PWR LOSS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4SU
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA1-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hector Airport
N4SURegistration cancelled May 6, 2019 · Grumman American Avn. AA-1BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1BEngine modelLycoming 0-235 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.
Other investigations on N4SU · 1
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