- Date
- June 6, 1973
- Place
- Laughlin, NV · LAUGHLIN, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5606LAmer Avco AA1
- Status
- Completed · report July 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730606015239A
- Case key
- 190563
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1164 73/6/6 LAUGHLIN,NEV AMER AVCO AA1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 866 TIME - 1535 N5606L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 103 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAUGHLIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BULLHEAD,ARIZ BOULDER CITY,NEV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- ROUGH RUNNING ENG.LNDD ON RWY,RAN OFF SOUTH END.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5606L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Laughlin
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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.