Accident American Aviation AA-1 Yankee N6176L, Thursday 8 June 1972
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Date:Thursday 8 June 1972
Time:09:55
Type:Silhouette image of generic AA1 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
American Aviation AA-1 Yankee
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: N6176L
MSN: AA1-0376
Year of manufacture:1970
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Newark, CA -   United States of America
Phase: Approach
Nature:Training
Departure airport:Palo Alto, Calif
Destination airport:Local
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
IP DEMONSTRATED FORCED LDG,ENG QUIT. CHOSE POORFLD,ACFT RAN INTO LEVEE.

Accident investigation:
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: OAK72FVD51
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 5 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB

History of this aircraft

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Revision history:

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07-May-2019 09:43 BEAVERSPOTTER Updated [Cn, ]

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