- Date
- February 25, 1981
- Place
- Council Bluffs, IA · COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N332AAmer Avco AA-1A
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810225005559A
- Case key
- 126943
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0457 81/2/25 NR.COUNCIL BLUFFS,IA AMER AVCO AA-1A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 110 TIME - 1130 N332A PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EPPLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COUNCIL BLUFFS,IA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- WITNESSES OBSD ACFT TURN AS IT APCHD PWR LNS BFR HITTING TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N332A
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA-1A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Eppley
N332ARegistration cancelled Sep 11, 2012 · American AA-1AAirframe modelAmerican AA-1AEngine 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.