# Accident 20000207043849A: Amrgen AA1C, Wildwood, NJ, February 7, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 2000, 11:00 local time
- Place: Wildwood, NJ
- Airport: Cape May County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0084° N, 74.9085° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAPE MAY COUNTY (WWD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0084&lon=-74.9085&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9555U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9555U-2009-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-1C (registry code 3960100, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMRGEN AA1C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000207043849A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 02-07-00, AT ABOUT 1055 EST, A GRUMMAN AMERICAN AA1, N9555U, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHILE LANDING AT THE CAPE MAY COUNTY AIRPORT, (WWD, WILDWOOD, NJ). THE CERTIFICATED STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THE FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED AT THE NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT, PA. THE TRAINING WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT PILOT, HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY 28 AND IMPACTED A SNOW BANK. HE DID NOT REPORT ANY MECHANICAL PROBLEMS.

## 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 NYC00LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA074), Feb 7, 2000: Grumman American AA1 (N9555U), Wildwood, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control. A factor in this accident was the crosswind condition.

## Other reports on N9555U (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20080522851119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080522851119A), May 22, 2008: Amrgen AA1C (N9555U), Philadelphia, PA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) While on the upwind leg of a touch and go on runway 33 at approximately 200 feet AGL the aircraft was observed by the tower controllers, a following…

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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