- Date
- June 21, 1974
- Place
- Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N5885LAmer Avco AA5
- Status
- Completed · report September 16, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 130175
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2301 74/6/21 MISSING AIRCRAFT AMER AVCO AA5 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 59, 226 TIME - UNK/NR N5885L PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SACREMENTO,CALIF SHELTER COVE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- DMG/INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5885L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N5885LRegistration cancelled Feb 1, 2013 · American AA-5Airframe modelAmerican AA-5Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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