Amer Avco AA-1 N5961L

19 June 1972 · Phoenix, Arizona, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 19 June 1972 at about 20:00 local time, a Amer Avco AA-1 registered N5961L was involved in an accident during in flight near Phoenix, Arizona, 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: 19 June 1972 at 20:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Nearest airport: Deer Valley
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Amer Avco AA-1
Registration: N5961L
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Albuquerque, N Mex → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Dusk
NTSB number: 3-2059

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

PLT SAID WAS LINED UP FOR LDG ON RD WHEN TRAFFICAPPEARED.

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 3-2059, 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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26 Jan 1972	Amer Avco AA-1 N5647L	Devore, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
26 Jul 1972	Amer Avco AA-1 N9433L	Lompoc, California, United States no coordinates	Apollo Airways	Minor injuries	-
23 Jun 1972	Amer Avco AA-1 N101FT	Byrdstown, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	Flightech Trai	Fatal	1
26 Mar 1972	Amer Avco AA-1 N5959L	Auberry, California, United States no coordinates	Valley Aviatio	No injuries	-
25 Apr 1972	Amer Avco AA-1 N5630L	Salinas, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
8 Jun 1972	Amer Avco AA-1 N6176L	Newark, California, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-

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