Amer Avco AA1 ZS-IXE

10 May 1973 · Jasper, Alabama, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 10 May 1973 at about 09:42 local time, a Amer Avco AA1 registered ZS-IXE, operated by Firebird Aviat, was involved in an accident during in flight near Jasper, Alabama, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 10 May 1973 at 09:42
Classification: Accident
Location: Jasper, Alabama, United States
Nearest airport: Walker County
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Amer Avco AA1
Registration: ZS-IXE
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Firebird Aviat
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Ferry
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: London, Ky → Cullman, Ala
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: E-0015

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	1	0

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

L FUEL TANK CONTAINED CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF FUEL R TANK EMPTY.FUEL SEL PSN R TANK.

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 E-0015, 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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