Amer Avco AA-1 N5959L

26 March 1972 · Auberry, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 26 March 1972 at about 15:35 local time, a Amer Avco AA-1 registered N5959L, operated by Valley Aviatio, was involved in an accident during in flight near Auberry, California, United States. 2 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: 26 March 1972 at 15:35
Classification: Accident
Location: Auberry, California, United States
Nearest airport: Topham Ranch
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Amer Avco AA-1
Registration: N5959L
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Valley Aviatio
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Fresno, Calif → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0143

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

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

DIDNT SWITCH TANKS. OVERSHOT EMERG LDG. PLT HAD 30 MIN CHECKOUT BFOR ACCDT FLT.

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 3-0143, 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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