# Accident 20010422013619A: Amrgen AG5B, Culver, IN, April 22, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2001, 11:00 local time
- Place: Culver, IN
- Airport: Fleet Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2106° N, 86.4190° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2106&lon=-86.4190&mi=10
- Aircraft: N118VU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N118VU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American General Acft AG5B (registry code 3990100, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-general-acft-ag5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMRGEN AG5B
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 118 total, 118 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI01LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA120) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010422013619A

## Narrative

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

(.19)ON APRIL 22, 2001, AT 1100 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, AN AMERICAN GENERAL AIRCRAFT AG5B, N118VU, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON RUNWAY 34 (2,400 FEET BY 65 FEET, WET/ASPHALT) AT THE FLEET FIELD AIRPORT, CULVER, INDIANA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 AND WAS NOT ON A FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED THE LAWRENCEVILLE-VINCENNES AIRPORT, LAWRENCEVILLE, ILLINOIS, AT EXACT TIME UNKNOWN. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE ENCOUNTERED DETERIORATING IN-FLIGHT VISIBILITIES AND RAIN ALONG HIS ROUTE OF FLIGHT AND ELECTED TO LAND AT THE FLEET FIELD AIRPORT. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING THE LANDING BRAKING ACTION WAS POOR, DUE TO THE WET RUNWAY CONDITION, AND THE AIRCRAFT OVERRAN THE RUNWAY STRIKING THE AIRPORT PERIMETER FENCE. (.4) THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE ENCOUNTERED DETERIORATING IN-FLIGHT VISIBILITIES AND RAIN ALONG HIS ROUTE OF FLIGHT AND ELECTED TO LAND AT THE FLEET FIELD AIRPORT. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING THE LANDING, ON RUNWAY 34 (2,4                       00 FEET BY 75 FEET, WET/ASPHALT), BRAKING ACTION WAS POOR DUE TO THE WET RUNWAY CONDITION. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT OVERRAN THE END OF THE RUNWAY, STRUCK THE AIRPORT PERIMETER FENCE, AND FINALLY COMING TO REST ON A PERIMETER ROAD. NO ANOMALIES WERE FOUND WITH THE AIRCRAFT CONTROL SYSTEMS, INCLUDING THE BRAKE SYSTEM, WHICH COULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH ANY PREEXISTING CONDITION. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, WEATHER DATA INDICATED THE WINDS WERE 180-DEGREES MAGNETIC AT 6-KNOTS. (-23) A/C BOUNCED THREE TIMES DURING LANDING PHASE AND OVER-RAN DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY. A/C IMPACTED WIRE-MESH FENCE. THEN PROCEEDED DOWN INTO THE SHOULDER DEPRESSION NEXT TO ROAD AND CAME TO REST ON STATE ROAD 10.

## 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 CHI01LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA120), Apr 22, 2001: American General AG5B (N118VU), Culver, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: the wrong runway selected by the pilot which resulted in a tailwind landing condition. Factors to the accident were the tailwind, the wet runway, the reduced braking action, and the airport perimeter…

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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