Amer Avco AA1B N6278L

18 March 1973 · Spring, Texas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 18 March 1973 at about 16:15 local time, a Amer Avco AA1B registered N6278L, operated by Skyhawk Aviati, was involved in an accident during in flight near Spring, Texas, 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: 18 March 1973 at 16:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Spring, Texas, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Amer Avco AA1B
Registration: N6278L
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Skyhawk Aviati
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0408

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

PILOT HAD 8/10 HR INSTRUCTION IN TYPE ACFT.ACFT NOT FUELED AFTER TWO PREVIOUS FLTS.

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 3-0408, 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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