- Date
- November 20, 1979
- Place
- New Boston, MO · NEW BOSTON, MO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9387LAmer Avco AA1-A
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791120033459A
- Case key
- 134907
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2892 79/11/20 NR.NEW BOSTON,MO AMER AVCO AA1-A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 299 TIME - 1800 N9387L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 247 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CRESTON,IA CAPE GIRARDEU,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 46 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 90 13 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9387L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA1-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N9387LRegistration cancelled Sep 18, 2009 · American AA-1AAirframe modelAmerican AA-1AEngine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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