Pietenpol AAA-1 NX4716

21 July 1970 · Ottumwa, Iowa, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 21 July 1970 at about 13:08 local time, a Pietenpol AAA-1 registered NX4716, operated by Antique Aircra, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Ottumwa, Iowa, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 21 July 1970 at 13:08
Classification: Accident
Location: Ottumwa, Iowa, United States
Nearest airport: Ottumwa Muni
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Pietenpol AAA-1
Registration: NX4716
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Antique Aircra
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Blacksburg, Iowa
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3238

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

NO BRAKES OR TAILWHEEL. LANDED ON CONCRETE RWY, GROUND LOOPED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3238, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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