- Date
- April 15, 1973
- Place
- Roulette, PA · ROULETTE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5742LAmer Avco AA-1
- Status
- Completed · report May 29, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730415008889A
- Case key
- 170592
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0943 73/4/15 ROULETTE,PA AMER AVCO AA-1 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 270 TIME - 1345 N5742L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RANCH-AERO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROULETTE,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF REMARKS- ACFT LIFTED SETTLED BACK TO RWY.ATMTD ABORT,CHANGED MIND CONT TKOF.10DEG FLAP,MFG REC NO FLAP TKOF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5742L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ranch-Aero
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5742L · 1
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