- Date
- December 5, 1972
- Place
- Chowchilla, CA · CHOWCHILLA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7265LAmer Avco AA1
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169191
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4109 72/12/5 CHOWCHILLA,CALIF AMER AVCO AA1 CR- 0 2 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1515 N7265L PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 27, 725 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 99 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRESNO,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- ACFT ENTERED FLAT SPIN DURG STALL DEMONSTRATION.UN RECOVER.PLTS SAID ENG QUIT AFT SVRL TURNS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7265L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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