# Incident 20030327006939I: Amrgen AA5A, Greenville, AL, March 27, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2003, 12:23 local time
- Place: Greenville, AL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8431° N, 86.6370° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greenville, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8431&lon=-86.6370&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9955U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9955U) (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: 742 total, 574 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030327006939I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT PREFLIGHT, TAKEOFF AND FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL UNTIL HE STARTED HIS GRADUAL DESCENT FOR GREENVILLE, AL (PRN). HE EXPERIENCED A MOMENTARY ENGINE STUMBLE, CHECKED THE GAUGES AND ENRICHED THE MIXTURE SLIGHTLY AND SCANNED THE ENGINE GAUGES AND THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING NORMALL AGAIN. FIVE (5) TO SEVEN (7) MINUTES LATER THE ENGINE STARTED TO STUMBLE AGAIN LOSING RPM AND HE NOTICED A DROP IN FUEL PRESSURE. HE SWITCHED THE TANKS AND TURNED ON THE AUX FUEL PUMP AND THE ENGINE CAME TO LIFE IMMEDIATELY. EIGHT (8) MILES OUT OF GREENVILLE AND AT 4000 FEET MSL THE ENGINE QUIT AGAIN AND ALL ATTEMPTS AT STARTING THE ENGINE WOULD NOT HELP. ADVISED GREENVILLE, AI (PRN) OF THE PROBLEM AND INTENTIONS WHILE LANDING. HE LANDED ON A TWO (2) LANE HIGHWAY 2 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE AIRPORT AND SUFFERED NO INJURIES AND ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, A DENTED PROPELLER SPINNER AND A SCRATCHED PROPELLER. ^PRIVACY DATA ^

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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