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| Date: | Friday 12 September 1969 |
| Time: | 09:45 |
| Type: |  American Aviation AA-1 Yankee |
| Owner/operator: | Connecticut Air Service |
| Registration: | N5649L |
| MSN: | AA1-0049 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Danbury, CT -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | KDXR |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, NOSE OVER/DOWN.
POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS, ROUGH/UNEVEN, TOUCH AND GO LANDING, PUSH-PULL ROD, UNDER TORQUED.
SAFTIED THROTTLE ARM, DETACHED, TAPPED ONTO SHAFT, ROTATED BY HAND, TIGHTENED LOCK SCREW UN ROTATE.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://www.ntsb.gov/Pages/brief.aspx?ev_id=8352&key=0
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 March 1984 | N5649L | private | 1 | Scriba, NY | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jun-2023 16:55 | makrawiec718 | Added |
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