# Incident 20030924025139I: Amrgen AA5B, Washington, IN, September 24, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2003, 13:30 local time
- Place: Washington, IN
- Airport: Daviess Co Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7008° N, 87.1313° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAVIESS COUNTY (DCY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7008&lon=-87.1313&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28314, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28314) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (registry code 3960105, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMRGEN AA5B
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 405 total, 125 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030924025139I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED AT 3,000 FEET WHEN THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AS IF ONE CYLINDER WAS NOT WORKING. ENGINE CONTINUALLY GOT ROUGHER AND FINALLY QUIT. PILOT TRIED TO RESTART UNSUCCESSFULLY. PILOT ELECTED TO LAND IN FRESHLY PICKED AND TURNED CORNFIELD. AIRCRAFT TRAVELED LESS THEN 100 FEET AFTER TOUCHING DOWN. DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR, PROP, AND RIGHT WINGTIP. THE ONSITE INVESTIGATION INDICATED THAT THIS IS AN INCIDENT. THE CARBURETOR ICING CHART FROM TRANSPORT CANADA INDICATES THAT WITH THE GIVEN TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, THE CONDITIONS PUT THE AIRCRAFT IN THE MODERATE ICING-CRUISE POWER OR SERIOUS ICING-DESCENT POWER AREAS.

## Other reports on N28314 (1)

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

- [Incident 20150528007729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150528007729I), May 28, 2015: Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B (N28314), Springfield, KY, No damage. Pilot was on special flight permit due to aircraft out of annual. In cruise at 5,500', 1.5 hours into the flight, the pilot heard loud popping noise from the…

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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