Amer Avco AA5 N5841L

12 April 1974 · Rimrock, Arizona, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 12 April 1974 at about 15:30 local time, a Amer Avco AA5 registered N5841L, operated by Sky Aircraft S, was involved in an accident during in flight near Rimrock, Arizona, United States. 4 people were on board and 2 died, 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 12 April 1974 at 15:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Rimrock, Arizona, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Amer Avco AA5
Registration: N5841L
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Sky Aircraft S
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Flagstaff, Ariz
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1196

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	2	2	0	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

PROP BENT ON PREV LDG.ALT 6900FT.UN CLR RISING TERRAIN.MIXT FND IN RICH PSN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Where

Approximate

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34.6506, -111.7457
Approximate. The NTSB did not record coordinates, so this marker sits at the centre of Rimrock, Arizona, United States, not at the accident site. How this is worked out.

Source

NTSB record 3-1196, 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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Other Amer Avco AA5 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
19 May 1974	Amer Avco AA5 N6041L	Jonesboro, Georgia, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
11 May 1974	Amer Avco AA5 N5445L	Flagstaff, Arizona, United States approximate position	Sky Aircraft	No injuries	-
17 Feb 1974	Amer Avco AA5 N9504L	Williams, Arizona, United States approximate position	Skyclub, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
16 Apr 1974	Amer Avco AA5 N5474L	Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States approximate position	Rivair Air	Minor injuries	-
24 Dec 1974	Amer Avco AA5 CF-FGZ	Ward, Colorado, United States approximate position	Metro Aviation	Minor injuries	-
22 Aug 1974	Amer Avco AA5 N5452L	Homestead, Florida, United States approximate position	Gulf Stream AI	No injuries	-

All 21 records for this type

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