- Date
- July 25, 1972
- Place
- Atlantic City, NJ · ATLANTIC CITY, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5654LAmer Avco AA1
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168057
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2782 72/7/25 ATLANTIC CITY,NJ AMER AVCO AA1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 21, 260 TIME - 2240 N5654L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 34 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BADER FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATLANTIC CITY,NJ NEW HAVEN,CONN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5654L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bader Field
N5654LRegistration cancelled Aug 15, 2013 · American AA-1Airframe modelAmerican AA-1Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.