- Date
- May 14, 1971
- Place
- Bristol, PA · BRISTOL, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5742LAmer Avco AA1
- Status
- Completed · report December 21, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161646
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1311 71/5/14 BRISTOL,PA AMER AVCO AA1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 263 TIME - 0745 N5742L PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - 3 M DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BALTIMORE,MD BRISTOL,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- OBS TAXIING TOO FAST. LOST CTL. TRIED TO STEER BETWEEN PARKED ACFT,L WG HIT TIEDOWN ROPE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5742L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- 3 M
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