# Accident 20021223034249A: Amrgen AA1, Chehalis, WA, December 23, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 2002, 14:30 local time
- Place: Chehalis, WA
- Airport: Chehalis-Centralia
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.6672° N, 122.9822° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.6672&lon=-122.9822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5985L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5985L-2013-04-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American AA-1 (registry code 0630610, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-aa-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMRGEN AA1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA03LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021223034249A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AFTER TURNING BASE 200 YARDS FROM RUNWAY. PASSENGER REPORTED PILOT PUSHED THE THROTTLE IN SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT ANY RESPONSE. AIRCRAFT WAS NOT ABLE TO DESCENT AND LANDED IN A POND SOUTH OF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT FLIPPED INVERTED IN THE WATER. PILOT WAS UNCONSCIOUS PASSENGER (SON)ZANE GAMEWELL, WAS ABLE TO HOLD HIS FATHERS HEAD OUT OF THE WATER. FIRE AND RESCUE HAD TO BREAK CANOPY TO GET BOTH OUT OF COCKPIT. PILOT RECEIVED CPR IN BOAT TO THE AWAITING AMBULANCE. HE HAS NOT REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS SINCE THE ACCIDENT. PASSENGER WAS TREATED AND RELEASED FROM LOCAL HOSPITAL. LATER, AFTER REMOVAL OF THE AIRCRAFT IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL SELECTOR APPEARED TO BE ON AN EMPTY TANK. ENGINE WAS RUN WITH PROPER FUEL.

## 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 SEA03LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA020), Dec 23, 2002: Grumman American AA-1 (N5985L), Chehalis, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power, for undetermined reasons, while the aircraft was on a VFR final approach. No suitable terrain for landing and water were factors.

## Other reports on N5985L (2)

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

- [Incident 19970607021029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970607021029I), Jun 7, 1997: Gulstm AA1 (N5985L), Bellingham, WA. Lost power on final. Force landed on runway 34. Fuel exhaustion. Bubble style fuel indicators showed quarter.
- [Incident 19830307012319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830307012319I), Mar 7, 1983: Gulstm AA1 (N5985L), Bakersfield, CA, Minor damage. Allowed aircraft to land nose wheel first. Impact collapsed the nose gear.

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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