# NTSB OAK73DVG26: Amer Avco AA-1A, N94367, Marysville, CA, October 8, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 8, 1972
- Place: Marysville, CA · MARYSVILLE, CA
- Location: 39.1515° N, 121.5834° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marysville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1515&lon=-121.5834&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 5, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 168507
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK73DVG26
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVG26

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2698   72/10/8   MARYSVILLE,CALIF    AMER AVCO AA-1A     CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 45, 69 TOTAL
        TIME - 1140                    N94367              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - YUBA COUNTY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          ORVILLE,CALIF               TURLOCK,CALIF                YUBA COUNTY AIRPORT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
        REMARKS- STUDENT NOT AUTHORIZED TO FLY THIS AIRCRAFT OR  CROSS COUNTRY
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N94367 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMER AVCO AA-1A
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Yuba County

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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