- Date
- October 14, 1974
- Place
- Davis, CA · DAVIS, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6399LAmer Avco AA1-A
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741014037019A
- Case key
- 140927
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3484 74/10/14 NR.DAVIS,CALIF AMER AVCO AA1-A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 31, 96 TOTAL TIME - 1115 N6399L PX- 0 0 1 PARAJUMP-SPORT HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - YOLO COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DAVIS,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- INADV OPENING OF CHEST CHUTE FOULED STABILIZER AND CAUSED ITS SEPARATION.ACFT OVER APRT,LND OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6399L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA1-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Yolo County
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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.
Other investigations on N6399L · 1
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