- Date
- August 18, 1974
- Place
- Concord, CA · CONCORD, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9602LAmer Avco AA1-B
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740818026989A
- Case key
- 134489
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2409 74/8/18 CONCORD,CALIF AMER AVCO AA1-B CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 27 TOTAL TIME - 1030 N9602L PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUCHANAN FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CONCORD,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION REMARKS- TWR PERS OBSVD PLT LND HARD THEN GO ARND. GR FAILED NEXT LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9602L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA1-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Buchanan Field
N9602LRegistration cancelled Sep 13, 2013 · Grumman American Avn. AA-1BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1BEngine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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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.