Amer Avco AA-1 N5961L

8 August 1970 · Wenatchee, Washington, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 8 August 1970 at about 14:50 local time, a Amer Avco AA-1 registered N5961L, operated by Empire Airways, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Wenatchee, Washington, 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: 8 August 1970 at 14:50
Classification: Accident
Location: Wenatchee, Washington, United States
Nearest airport: Fancher Field
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Amer Avco AA-1
Registration: N5961L
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Empire Airways
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Training
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1557

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

NOSE WHEEL HIT ROUGH SPOT ON RWY, TURNED L.ATMTD COR WITH RUDDER.GRND STEERING REQUIRES BRAKE USE.

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 3-1557, 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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