20020630018409A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amrgen AA-1 · York, PA · June 30, 2002

Date
June 30, 2002 · 11:50 local
Place
York, PA
Airport
York Airport
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5684L
Reported as
Amrgen AA1
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On takeoff from rwy 34 airspeed accelerated normally. After lift off the pilot noticed the aircrafts climb performance was not as expected, he could not obtain enough power to clear the terrain ahead. The airplane bounced off the first ridge and into the cornfield, flipping inverted. The aircraft suffered substantial damage to the tail, fuselage and landing gear. Pilot and passenger did not notice any roughness or problems with the engine during run-up or take-off.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON TAKEOFF FROM RWY 34 AIRSPEED ACCELERATED NORMALLY. AFTER LIFT OFF THE PILOT NOTICED THE AIRCRAFTS CLIMB PERFORMANCE WAS NOT AS EXPECTED, HE COULD NOT OBTAIN ENOUGH POWER TO CLEAR THE TERRAIN AHEAD. THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED OFF THE FIRST RIDGE AND INTO THE CORNFIELD, FLIPPING INVERTED. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE TAIL, FUSELAGE AND LANDING GEAR. PILOT AND PASSENGER DID NOT NOTICE ANY ROUGHNESS OR PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE DURING RUN-UP OR TAKE-OFF.