- Date
- April 29, 1974
- Place
- Bristol, PA · BRISTOL, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9259LAmer Avco AA1-A
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740429010599A
- Case key
- 124355
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1122 74/4/29 BRISTOL,PA AMER AVCO AA1-A CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1415 N9259L PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 55, 5500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 805 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - 3 M DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRISTOL,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 315 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- T/D IN CRAB,ACFT VEERED OF RWY STRUCK SOME BRUSH ON R SIDE OF RWY.WIND GUSTING 25K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9259L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA1-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- 3 M
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.