- Date
- July 4, 1973
- Place
- Garberville, CA · GARBERVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N5692LAmer Avco AA1
- Status
- Completed · report August 24, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730704020989A
- Case key
- 189596
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1866 73/7/4 GARBERVILLE,CALIF AMER AVCO AA1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0640 N5692L PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 25, 1535 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 21 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GARBERVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GARBERVILLE,CALIF CHANDLER,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- NO WITNESSES.IMPACT NEAR VERTICAL SHORTLY AFTER TKOF.WRECKAGE CONSUMED BY RESULTING FOREST FIRE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5692L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Garberville
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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.