- Date
- November 18, 1970
- Place
- Bohemia, NY · BOHEMIA, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5749LAmer Avco AA-1
- Status
- Completed · report January 6, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159562
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4594 70/11/18 BOHEMIA,NY AMER AVCO AA-1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1525 N5749L PX- 0 0 1 DEMONSTRATION AGE 20, 620 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 9 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MACARTHUR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOHEMIA,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- INVEST DISCLOSED NO ENG MALFUNCTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5749L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Macarthur
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