Accident Grumman American AA-5A Cheetah N6023L,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 130329
 
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Date:Saturday 29 September 1973
Time:14:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic AA5 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Grumman American AA-5A Cheetah
Owner/operator:Eagle Aviation
Registration: N6023L
MSN: AA5A-0123
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Taylorsville, North Carolina -   United States of America
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Training
Departure airport:Taylorsville, North Carolina
Destination airport:Columbia, South Carolina
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
POWER PLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS. IMPROPER LEVEL OFF. PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER OF ENGINE. EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND: FIRE AFTER IMPACT. LANDED IN COW PASTURE HIT GROUND HARD: NOSE GEAR SHEARED OFF.

Accident investigation:
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: IAD74DKM20
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

1. NTSB Identification: IAD74DKM20 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=84455&key=0&queryId=3223d505-80a4-45d0-89f9-09464ac0db54&pgno=1&pgsize=50_
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=6023L
3. http://www.regosearch.com/aircraft/us/6023L

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
09-Jul-2016 18:28 Dr.John Smith Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]

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