# Accident 20010609011629A: Amrgen AA5A, Danbury, CT, June 9, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2001, 08:40 local time
- Place: Danbury, CT
- Airport: Danbury Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3656° N, 73.4998° 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=41.3656&lon=-73.4998&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27221, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N27221-2001-08-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5A (registry code 3960106, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMRGEN AA5A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD01LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD01LA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010609011629A

## Narrative

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

Y-23)AS STATED BY THE PIC ^PRIVACY D^ THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED HFD FOR RDG. APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, THE YOLK BEGAN TO SHIMMY AND THE EGT BEGAN TO DROP.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT 6500' AND FIVE MILES WEST OF DXR.  THE PIC CONTACTED DXR TOWER STATING THEY WERE INBOUND TO DXR, REPORTING A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE HAD HAVE THE EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE.  AFTER BEING CLEARED FOR LANDING BY DXR ATC, THE PIC NOTED ANOTHER AIRCRAFT ON RWY 26 AND ATTEMPTED A "GO AROUND".  AFTER ADDING POWER, THERE WAS NO RESPONSE AND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A LAMP POST AND CAME TO REST ON A BERM ON THE SOUTH WEST END OF THE AIRPORT OFF OF MIRYBROOK ROAD.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  BOTH THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER WERE TRANSPORTED TO DANBURY HOSPITAL.  THEY WERE BOTH RELEASED WITH MINOR INJURIES. PTRS: NE032001B2731.         (.19)ON JUNE 9, 2001, AT 1247 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A GRUMMAN AMERICAN AA-5A, N27221, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A GO-AROUND TO RUNWAY 26 AT DANBURY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (DXR), DANBURY, CONNECTICUT. THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT AND PILOT RATED PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE PERSONAL  FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER DEPARTED HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ABOUT 0920 DESTINED FOR READING, PENNSYLVANIA. THE AIRPLANE WAS LEVEL AT 6,500 FEET WHEN THE PILOT FELT A SHIMMY IN THE CONTROL YOKE, FOLLOWED BY RAPID DROP IN EXHAUST GAS TEMPERATURE (EGT), AND RPM.

## 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 IAD01LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD01LA068), Jun 9, 2001: Grumman American AA-5A (N27221), Danbury, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's misjudged altitude and excessive airspeed resulting in a collision with a pole. A factor was the cracked exhaust stack, which resulted in a partial loss of engine power.

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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