NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK73FVA32
Registry · N7265L
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
AMERICAN AVIATION AA-1A
Year of manufacture
1972 · 0 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19720801
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A9BCE8
Registrant of record
GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORP
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Historical record (pre-1982)
NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.
Aircraft
AMER AVCO AA1 · N7265L
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
310° / 5 kt
Temp
43° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000-0465
Total time
202 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
725
Age
27
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
UN RECOVER.PLTS SAID ENG QUIT AFT SVRL TURNS.
Investigator remarks
ACFT ENTERED FLAT SPIN DURG STALL DEMONSTRATION.
Cause factors
- 64/A/23 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.
Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket
3 4109.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_4109.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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