Amer Avco AA-1A N9407L

9 February 1972 · Buckhannon, West Virginia, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 9 February 1972 at about 13:00 local time, a Amer Avco AA-1A registered N9407L, operated by Charlie Brown, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Buckhannon, West Virginia, 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: 9 February 1972 at 13:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Buckhannon, West Virginia, United States
Nearest airport: Lewis
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Amer Avco AA-1A
Registration: N9407L
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Charlie Brown
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Solo
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0579

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

SECOND SOLO FLT. PATCHES OF SNOW AND ICE ON RWY.

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 3-0579, 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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