- Date
- September 6, 1975
- Place
- Hoquiam, WA · HOQUIAM, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6146LAmer Avco AA1
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750906028669A
- Case key
- 150713
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2853 75/9/6 HOQUIAM,WA AMER AVCO AA1 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 37, 40 TOTAL TIME - 1250 N6146L PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOWERMAN FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SEATTLE,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- PORPOISED LDG,INITIATED GO AROUND AFTER ABOUT 3 PORPOISES THEN CRASHED IN WATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6146L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bowerman Field
N6146LRegistration cancelled Aug 5, 2013 · American AA-1Airframe modelAmerican AA-1Engine 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.