- Date
- March 16, 1976
- Place
- Chico, CA · CHICO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1451RAmer Avco AA1-B
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760316009689A
- Case key
- 153497
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0918 76/3/16 CHICO,CA AMER AVCO AA1-B CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 35, 27 TOTAL TIME - 1802 N1451R PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RANCHAERO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICO,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED REMARKS- BALLOONED & LOST CTL AT LVL OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1451R
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA1-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ranchaero
N1451RRegistration cancelled Jul 14, 1977 · Grumman American Avn. AA-1BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1B
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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.