- Date
- October 23, 1977
- Place
- St Louis, MO · ST LOUIS, MO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N1473RAmer Avco AA-1B
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771023041129A
- Case key
- 144124
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3910 77/10/23 ST LOUIS,MO AMER AVCO AA-1B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 21, 65 TOTAL TIME - 1750 N1473R PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CAHOKIA,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- ACFT NOT RECOVERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1473R
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N1473RRegistration cancelled Jun 30, 2009 · 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.