- Date
- June 4, 1973
- Place
- Fairfield, CA · FAIRFIELD, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9507LAmer Avco AA1-B
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730604016499A
- Case key
- 190074
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1865 73/6/4 FAIRFIELD,CALIF AMER AVCO AA1-B CR- 1 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1330 N9507L PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 57, 2244 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 126 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN RAFAEL,CALIF VACAVILLE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- ACFT PLACARDED-SPINS PROHIBITED.PLT FAILED TO USE ESTABD SPIN RECOVERY TECHNIQUE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9507L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA1-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.