# Accident 20000819009819A: Amrgen AA5B, Barrett, TX, August 19, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2000, 10:00 local time
- Place: Barrett, TX
- Airport: Rogers
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9106° N, 95.0502° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9106&lon=-95.0502&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4516P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4516P-2001-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream American AA-5B (registry code 3970106, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-american-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMRGEN AA5B
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4K
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 127 total, 56 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW00FA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00FA235) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000819009819A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WITNESSES STATED AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE ATTEMPING EMERGENCY LANDING AT PRIVATE GRASS STRIP. WITNESSES STATED THEY HEARD ENGINE SPUTTERING DURING THE APPROACH AND THAT PILOT APPARENTLY TRIED TO AVOID PEOPLE ON THE GROUND WHEN HE PULLED UP AND BANKED.  THE AIRPLANE CRASHED IN A HEAVILY WOODED AREA ADJACENT TO THE LANDING STRIP AND WAS TOTALLY DEMOLISHED BY THE POST CRASH FIRE.  ALL OCCUPANTS WERE BURNED BEYOND RECOGITION.                   (.4) WITNESSES LOCATED NEAR THE NORTHWEST END OF A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP REPORTED THAT THEY OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE APPROACH FROM THE WEST, AND IT APPEARED AS IF IT WAS GOING TO LAND. AS THE AIRPLANE FLEW BY THE WITNESSES, AT ABOUT 30-60 FEET AGL, THE ENGINE "SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS CUTTING OUT." AFTER THE AIRPLANE PASSED THE WITNESSES, IT PULLED UP, AND "SUDDENLY THE ENGINE CUT OUT." THE AIRPLANE TURNED LEFT AND THEN NOSED DOWN INTO TREES. THE AIRPLANE WAS CONSUMED BY FIRE. NO STRUCTURAL OR MECHANICAL ANOMALIES WERE OBSERVED DURING THE POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE. THE REASON FOR THE ENGINE'S LOSS OF POWER COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE TEMPERATURE WAS 86 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, AND THE DEW POINT WAS 73 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. ACCORDING TO THE CAR BURETOR ICING PROBABILITY CHART, THIS PLACES THE AIRPLANE IN THE SERIOUS ICING RANGE AT GLIDE POWER.

## 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 FTW00FA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00FA235), Aug 19, 2000: Gulfstream American AA-5B (N4516P), Barrett, TX, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while maneuvering, which resulted in an inadvertent stall. A contributing factor was the loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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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