# Accident 20020712015859A: Amrgen AA5, Westpalmbeach, FL, July 12, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2002, 13:32 local time
- Place: Westpalmbeach, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.3811° N, 80.3708° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.3811&lon=-80.3708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6024L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6024L-2013-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American AA-5 (registry code 0631410, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-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 O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA02FA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02FA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020712015859A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON JULY 12, 2002, ABOUT 1332 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, AN AMERICAN GENERAL AA-5, N6024L, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, OPERATING AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, CRASHED DURING AN EMERGENCY DESCENT IN THE VICINITY OF BOCA RATON, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE PRIVATE-RATED PILOT AND A PRIVATE PILOT-RATED PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED PALM BEACH COUNTY GLADES AIRPORT, PAHOKEE, FLORIDA, AT ABOUT 1300. ACCORDING TO AN FAA INSPECTOR, THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY ON THE FAA FORT LAUDERDALE'S EXECUTIVE AIRPORT AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER'S RADIO FREQUENCY. THE PILOT STATED, "WE'RE AT 400 FEET, DESCENDING AT 400 FEET PER MINUTE AT 80 MILES PER HOUR". HE DID NOT GIVE THE NATURE OF THE EMERGENCY. FAA RADAR DATA SHOWED THE AIRCRAFT WAS LAST OBSERVED ABOUT 15 NM NORTHWEST OF THE FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT. THE WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED IN ABOUT 5 FEET OF WATER, INVERTED, WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE LOXAHATCHEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, PALM BEACH COUNTY. (-23) ASSISTED NTSB IN INVESTIGATION OF ACCIDENT INVOLVING A GRUMMAN A-5 AIRCRAFT.

## 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 MIA02FA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02FA131), Jul 12, 2002: American General AA-5 (N6024L), Boca Raton, FL, minor damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The owner/operator's failure to perform an overhaul or comply with a service bulletin 240 which would have probably precluded the continued installation of the number four cylinder exhaust valve and…

## Other reports on N6024L (1)

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

- [Accident 19740802029239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740802029239A), Aug 2, 1974: Grumav AA5 (N6024L), Cooperstown, PA, Substantial damage. Acft overshot runway went down embankment flipped over.

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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