Accident American Aviation AA-1 Yankee N5730L, Saturday 18 July 1970
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Date:Saturday 18 July 1970
Time:10:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic AA1 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
American Aviation AA-1 Yankee
Owner/operator:Apollo Airways
Registration: N5730L
MSN: AA1-0130
Year of manufacture:1969
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Solvang, CA -   United States of America
Phase: Take off
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Santa Barbara, Calif
Destination airport:Local
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
ACFT PLACARDED NO FLT WITH CANOPY FULL OPEN.LODGED IN R HRZNTL STAB.

Accident investigation:
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: LAX71FUQ05
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 10 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB

Revision history:

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03-May-2019 21:10 BEAVERSPOTTER Updated [Cn, ]

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