| Date: | Monday 4 June 1973 |
| Time: | 13:30 |
| Type: | Grumman American AA-1B |
| Owner/operator: | Helfco Inc. |
| Registration: | N9507L |
| MSN: | AA1B-0019 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fairfield, CA -
United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Destination airport: | Vacaville, CA |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:aircraft placarded-spins prohibited.Pilot failed to use estabd spin recovery technique.
Accident investigation:
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| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Report number: | OAK73AP043 |
| Status: | Investigation completed |
| Duration: | 3 months |
| Download report: | Final report
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Sources:
NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 |
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