- Date
- December 19, 1972
- Place
- Clermont, PA · CLERMONT, PA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9409LAmer Avco AA-1A
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169329
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3748 72/12/19 CLERMONT,PA AMER AVCO AA-1A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1612 N9409L PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 37, 673 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 76 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRADFORD,PA BALTIMORE,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 33 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 260 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- FLEW INTO KNOWN ICING COND.ACFT NOT EQUIPPED WITH ANTI-ICER/DE-ICERS.UN MAINTAIN ALT.RCVR 12/23/72
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9409L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA-1A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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