Amer Avco AA-1 N5742L

15 April 1973 · Roulette, Pennsylvania, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 15 April 1973 at about 13:45 local time, a Amer Avco AA-1 registered N5742L was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Roulette, Pennsylvania, United States. 2 people were on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 15 April 1973 at 13:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Roulette, Pennsylvania, United States
Nearest airport: Ranch-Aero
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Amer Avco AA-1
Registration: N5742L
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0943

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	1	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

ACFT LIFTED SETTLED BACK TO RWY.ATMTD ABORT, CHANGED MIND CONT TKOF.10DEG FLAP, MFG REC NO FLAP TKOF

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 3-0943, 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.

Also in

United States 170,864 Amer-Avco AA-1 70 1973 4,451

Other Amer Avco AA-1 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
10 Apr 1973	Amer Avco AA-1 N6225L	La Porte, Texas, United States no coordinates	Alvin Aero CLU	Fatal	1
19 Apr 1973	Amer Avco AA-1 N5621L	Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
1 May 1973	Amer Avco AA-1 N6139L	Manchester, New Hampshire, United States no coordinates	B and W Aviati	No injuries	-
1 Sep 1973	Amer Avco AA-1 N5928L	Converse, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
15 Mar 1973	Amer Avco AA-1 N6103L	Rimrock, Arizona, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
22 Feb 1973	Amer Avco AA-1 N5957L	Arlington, Washington, United States no coordinates	Paine Aviation	Minor injuries	-

All 70 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
2 Jan 1973	Cessna 150J N61178	No.olmstead, Ohio, United States no coordinates	Ortner Air SER	No injuries	-
26 Mar 1973	Cessna 180 N4596B	Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
8 Mar 1973	Cessna 210H N5941F	Flagler Beach, Florida, United States no coordinates	Asphalt Produc	Fatal	1
14 Apr 1973	Cessna 172 N2692U	Bristol, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
24 May 1973	Cessna 150F N8182F	Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
25 Mar 1973	Lake LA-4 N455	Key West, Florida, United States no coordinates	US Dept of INT	No injuries	-

All 170,864 records in United States