# NTSB Accident CEN12FA570
> **AMERICAN AA-1** · 2012-08-25 · Llano, TX, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN12FA570
- **Event ID:** 20120825X85310
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2012-08-25
- **Location:** Llano, TX, USA
- **Coordinates:** 30.749486, -98.669937
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** AMERICAN
- **Model:** AA-1
- **Registration:** N5796L
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The flight instructor’s delayed remedial action and inadequate supervision during practice traffic pattern work.  Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s use of sedating medication on the day of the accident and airplane’s high angle of attack at a low altitude during the traffic pattern turn, which prevented recovery during an aerodynamic stall.

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