# Incident 20000509016019I: Amrgen AA5A, Pella, IA, May 9, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2000, 08:22 local time
- Place: Pella, IA
- Airport: Pella Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4012° N, 92.9459° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PELLA MUNI (PEA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4012&lon=-92.9459&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26710 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMRGEN AA5A
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000509016019I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AIRCRAFT WAS DESCENDING THROUGH CLOUDS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM HARLAN, IOWA, TO KNOXVILLE, IOWA. PILOT REPORTED LOSS OF POWER TO ATC.  PILOT LANDED ON ROAD 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PELLA, IA AIRPORT.  NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  MECHANIC AT THE LOCAL AIRPORT REPORTED THAT IT APPEARED THAT THE "BRACKET" AIR FILTER WAS SATURATED WITH WATER AND THE AIR INDUCTION DUCT HAD COLLAPSED.  CARBURETOR HAS BEEN SENT TO A REPAIR STATION FOR A FLOW TEST.  M AND D REPORT TO FOLLOW.  THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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