- Date
- June 8, 1972
- Place
- Newark, CA · NEWARK, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6176LAmer Avco AA-1
- Status
- Completed · report November 21, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166627
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0703 72/6/8 NEWARK,CALIF AMER AVCO AA-1 CR- 0 1 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0955 N6176L PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 25, 1661 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 131 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALO ALTO,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- IP DEMONSTRATED FORCED LDG,ENG QUIT. CHOSE POOR FLD,ACFT RAN INTO LEVEE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6176L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed