# Incident 19990220041559I: Amrgen AA5A, Lexington, SC, February 20, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 1999, 11:00 local time
- Place: Lexington, SC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9929° N, 81.2218° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lexington, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9929&lon=-81.2218&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26360, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N26360) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5A (registry code 3960106, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMRGEN AA5A
- Reported engine: LYC O360E2G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 185 total, 185 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990220041559I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBUARY 20, 1999,^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^THE PILO/OWNER OF GRUMMAN AA-5A, N26360, DEPARTED THE NEWBERRY COUNTY AIRPORT, SC, FOR A FLIGHT TO COLUMBIA (CAE), SC. AFTER 20 MINUTES OF FLIGHT, AT 3000 FEET, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE ABRUPTLY QUIT.  HE FOLLOWED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES BUT THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND.  AT 1000 FEET HE DETERMINED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO M AKE THE AIRPORT AND PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FRESHLY PLOWED FIELD.  UPON LANDING, THE NOSE GEAR AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR BROKE OFF OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT WAS RHW SOLE OCCUPANT AND WAS NOT INJURIED.  THE AIRCRAFT S USTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

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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