# Incident 20040419005569I: Amrgen AA5A, Fullerton, CA, April 19, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2004, 12:55 local time
- Place: Fullerton, CA
- Airport: Fullerton Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8720° N, 117.9798° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FULLERTON MUNI (FUL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8720&lon=-117.9798&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26165, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N26165) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 984 total, 300 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040419005569I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 4-19-04, PILOT WAS ON A STRAIGHT IN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 24 AT FULLERTON MUNI AIRPORT WHEN HE CONTACTED AN OBSTRUCTION LIGHT WITH THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE OBSTRUCTION LIGHT WAS ON TOP OF A TELEPHONE POLE IN AN ADJACENT RAIL YARD AT +22' AGL. THE PILOT STATED THERE WAS A CROSSWIND FROM THE SOUTH SO THE LEFT WING WAS LOWERED INTO THE WIND. AT 250' PRIOR TO PLANNED TOUCHDOWN, THE CROSSWIND CEASED MOMENTARILY AND HE CONTACTED THE OBSTRUCTION LIGHT. THE LEFT WING IMPACTED THE LIGHT FIXTURE REMOVING IT FROM THE POLE AND TEARING THE FIXTURE FROM THE SUPPORTING CONDUIT. THE FIXTURE WAS CATAPULTED ONTO ARTESIA AVE AND STRUCK AN AUTOMOBILE. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED A 1'WX6"H DENT WITH PUNCTURE ON THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE 1' IN FROM THE TIP. THE ADJACENT RIB WAS DENTED, AND THE WING/RIB BONDING WAS COMPROMISED.

## Other reports on N26165 (1)

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

- [Incident 19991121041709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991121041709I), Nov 21, 1999: Amrgen AA5A (N26165), Fullerton, CA, Minor damage. (-5) During landing attempt in gusty wind conditions, the aircraft was reported to have porpoised about three times, the pilot initiated go-around procedures…

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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