Amer Avco AA-5 N5457L

9 November 1979 · San Jose, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 9 November 1979 at about 23:15 local time, a Amer Avco AA-5 registered N5457L was involved in an accident during in flight near San Jose, California, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 9 November 1979 at 23:15
Classification: Accident
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Nearest airport: San Jose Muni
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Amer Avco AA-5
Registration: N5457L
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: San Jose, Ca → Return
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Moonlight-Bright)
NTSB number: 3-2828

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	0	0	0	4

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

COLLIDED W TELEPHONE WIRE & TWO PARKED AUTOS DRGFORCED LNDG ON ROAD.

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 3-2828, 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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