# Accident 20030405022492A: Amrgen AA5B, Harold, CA, April 5, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 2003, 11:00 local time
- Place: Harold, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3039° N, 121.2508° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3039&lon=-121.2508&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28821 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMRGEN AA5B
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 78 total, 34 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA129) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030405022492A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT LANDED AT BOTTIMORE RANCH. DURING ROLL OUT, HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND DID NOT KNOW WHY. HE THEN SAW AN AIRCRAFT FLY OVERHEAD. THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRPLANE AND THEN NOTICED WHAT HAPPENED, THE OTHER AIRCRAFT HAD COLLIDED WITH HIS UPON LANDING. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N3859E, Piper PA36375: [Accident 20030405022491A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030405022491A)

## 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 LAX03LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA129), Apr 5, 2003: Grumman American AA-5B (N28821), Herald, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the inadequate visual lookout for other aircraft by both pilots that resulted in a midair collision.

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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