# Incident 20020712015479I: Amrgen AA5A, Miami, FL, July 12, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2002, 18:11 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9748U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9748U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5A (registry code 3960106, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMRGEN AA5A
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 75 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020712015479I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER FLYING FOR ONE HOUR AND TEN MINUTES AND ON APPROACH TO LAND AT TAMIAMI AIRPORT (TMB), THE PILOT SWITCHED TO THE FULLEST TANK, RT TANK FULL, LEFT TANK HALF FULL, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY SPUTTERED AND DIED, THE PILOT SWITCHED TANKS BACK TO THE HALF FULL ONE (LEFT TANK), BUT THE ENGINE REFUSED TO START. A LANDING WAS MADE IN AN OPEN FIELD THREE MILES SHORT OF TAMIAMI AIRPORT. A MECHANIC CAME TO THE SITE AND DISASSEMBLED THE CARBURETOR AND FOUND IT FULL OF WATER, THE AIRPLANE WAS FLOWN OUT OF THE FIELD THE SAME DAY. AS THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE, NO DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, NO INJURIES TO PEOPLE, THAT A PROPER PREFLIGHT WAS PERFORMED EARLIER, NO ACTION IS RECOMMENDED BY THIS OFFICE OR THE NTSB IN ATLANTA OR MIAMI, THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N9748U (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19781115041559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781115041559A), Nov 15, 1978: Gulstm AA5 (N9748U), Morris, IL, Substantial damage. Bird spotting. Mallard ducks.

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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