- Date
- August 18, 1970
- Place
- Pawling, NY · PAWLING, NY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5923LAmer Avco AA-1
- Status
- Completed · report November 4, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113152
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1565 70/8/18 PAWLING,NY AMER AVCO AA-1 CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1715 N5923L PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 23, 407 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 16 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CANDLELIGHT FARMS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION POUGHKEEPSIE,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD TURNING AT LOW ALT PRIOR TO SPINNING DSCNT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5923L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Candlelight Farms
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