- Date
- February 9, 1972
- Place
- Buckhannon, WV · BUCKHANNON, WV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9407LAmer Avco AA-1A
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165086
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0579 72/2/9 BUCKHANNON,W VA AMER AVCO AA-1A CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 28, 18 TOTAL TIME - 1300 N9407L PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEWIS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUCKHANNON,W VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER WEATHER - SNOW MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 25 340 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 6 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- SECOND SOLO FLT. PATCHES OF SNOW AND ICE ON RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9407L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA-1A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lewis
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