# Accident 19970708017169A: Amrgen AA5B, Farmingdale, NY, July 8, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1997, 13:47 local time
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Airport: Republic
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2701° N, 73.9803° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2701&lon=-73.9803&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28535, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28535-2014-09-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (registry code 3960105, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMRGEN AA5B
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4K
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 100 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC97FA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97FA139) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970708017169A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO THE WATER. (.4)THE NONINSTRUMENT-RATED PILOT/OWNER DEPARTED ON A CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM AN AIRPORT THAT WAS IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC). HE FLEW TO A SHORE LINE, AND REQUESTED ATC CLEARANCE TO FLY AT 400 FEET ALONG THE WATER, THROUGH ANOTHER AIRPORT'S AIRSPACE THAT WAS ALSO VMC. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE FLY INTO A FOG BANK. THE AIRPLANE THEN CRASH INTO THE WATER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC97FA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97FA139), Jul 8, 1997: Grumman American AA-5B (N28535), Jones Beach, NY, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: VFR flight by the pilot into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), and his loss of aircraft control due to spatial disorientation, which resulted in an uncontrolled descent and collision with…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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