# Accident 20000916040819A: Amrgen AA5, Zephyrhills, FL, September 16, 2000 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: September 16, 2000, 10:00 local time - Place: Zephyrhills, FL - Airport: Zephyrhills Municipal Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 28.2410° N, 82.1536° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2410&lon=-82.1536&mi=10 - Aircraft: N7196L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7196L) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5 (registry code 3960104, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: AMRGEN AA5 - Reported engine: LYC O320E2G - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 93 total, 5 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA263](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA263) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000916040819A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (.4) THE PILOT NOTED THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT CLIMBING AS EXPECTED AND A DECREASED ENGINE RPM. HE CHECKED THE THROTTLE AND MIXTURE CONTROLS THEN WITH OBSTRUCTIONS AHEAD, INTENTIONALLY STALLED THE AIRPLANE; A HARD LANDING RESULTED. THE MIXTURE CONTROL ARM WAS IN THE IDLE CUTOFF POSITION AND THE MIXTURE CONTROL CABLE WAS FRACTURED AFT OF THE MIXTURE CONTROL ARM. A BRACKET NEAR THE CARBURETOR SECURING THE MIXTURE CABLE WAS DISPLACED TO THE LEFT 1.5 INCHES. THE SWIVEL ASSEMBLY IN THE MIXTURE CONTROL ARM WAS INSTALLED UPSIDE DOWN. POST ACCIDENT, THE ENGINE WAS OPERATED TO 2,300 RPM. BOTH ENDS OF THE FLAME TUBE OF THE MUFFLER WERE FOUND SEPARATED FOLLOWING THE ENGINE RUN. ONE OF THE FLAME TUBE ENDS WAS IMPACT DAMAGED; PORTIONS OF THE FRACTURE SURFACES ON BOTH FLAME TUBE ENDS HAD A RELATIVELY SHINY APPEARANCE. WEAR AND FATIGUE NOTED ON THE MIXTURE CONTROL CABLE ADJACENT TO THE FRACTURE AREA; BENDING OVERSTRESS TO THE RIGHT ON THE REMAINING FRACTURE SURFACE. THE MIXTURE CONTROL CABLE HAD NOT BEEN REPLACED SINCE AIRPLANE MANUFACTURE IN 1974. THE AIRPLANE HAD ACCUMULATED 2,246 HOURS SINCE THEN, 44 HOURS SINCE THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION 11 MONTHS EARLIER, AND 408 HOURS SINCE AN OVERHAULED MUFFLERWAS INSTALLED. (-23)ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2000, AT 1100 LOCAL TIME A GRUMMAN AA-5, N7196L, DEPARTED ZEPHYRHILLS AIRPORT (ZPH) ZEPHRYHILLS, FLORIDA FOR A PLEASURE FLIGHT. THIS FLIGHT WAS INITIATED WITH VISUAL METEOTOLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILING. THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO AN ALTITUDE OF BETWEEN 300 AND 400 FEET WHEN THE PILOT NOTICED THE ENGINE RPM WAS BETWEEN 1900 AND 2000. THE PILOT STATES HE WAS LOSING ALTITUDE AND ELECTED TO PUT THE AIRCRAFT DOWN IN A FIELD.DURING THE LANDING ALL OF THE LANDING GEARS WERE TORN FROM THE AIRCRAFT.IN ADDITION, THE WINGS WERE DAMAGED ON THE INBOARD RIBS AND THE PROP WAS BENT BACK. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. ## 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 MIA00LA263](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA263), Sep 16, 2000: Grumman AA-5 (N7196L), Zephyrhills, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the intentional stall/mush by the pilot-in-command due to obstructions ahead resulting in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident was the partial loss of engine power due to fuel starvation… ## Other reports on N7196L (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 19991119037489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991119037489I), Nov 19, 1999: Amrgen AA5 (N7196L), Key West, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft was landing on runway 9 with left crosswind. During landing roll-out aircraft turned to the left and exited runway. Aircraft has castering… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.