# Accident 20040614017629A: Amrgen AA5B, Crystal River, FL, June 14, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2004, 09:45 local time
- Place: Crystal River, FL
- Airport: Crystal River Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8672° N, 82.5711° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8672&lon=-82.5711&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4516V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4516V-2007-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream American AA-5B (registry code 3970106, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-american-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMRGEN AA5B
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4K
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 310 total, 50 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA04LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04LA097) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040614017629A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 14, 2004, ABOUT 0945 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A GULFSTREAM AMERICAN AA5B, N4516V, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, CRASHED OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AT CRYSTAL RIVER, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PRIVATE RATED PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED, AND THE AIRPLANE INCURRED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA, THE SAME DAY, ABOUT 0900. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ENROUTE TO ATHENS, GEORGIA, AND THE AIRPLANE WAS IN LEVEL CRUISE FLIGHT AT 8,000 FEET, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGHLY. HE STATED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE, SO HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH FAA JACKSONVILLE AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER, AND WAS GIVEN VECTORS FOR CRYSTAL RIVER AIRPORT, CRYSTAL RIVER, FLORIDA. HE STATED HE FLEW THE SUBSEQUENT APPROACH TO A FORCED LANDING WITH TOO MUCH AIRSPEED, AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRPLANE ON THE RUNWAY, SO HE ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND BUT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH POWER TO SUSTAIN FLIGHT AND COLLIDED WITH SOME TREES AND CRASHED ALONG THE HIGHWAY. ENGINE TEARDOWN SHOWED #3 EXHAUST VALVE HAD BROKEN.

## 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 MIA04LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04LA097), Jun 14, 2004: Gulfstream American AA5B (N4516V), Crystal River, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the number three cylinder exhaust valve which resulted in the partial loss of engine power. The pilot's misjudgment of speed and distance resulted in an overrun of the runway.

## Other reports on N4516V (1)

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

- [Accident 19800601018009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800601018009A), Jun 1, 1980: Gulstm AA5B (N4516V), Bristol, PA, Substantial damage. Ran off end of runway on landing roll. Pilot inadvertently raised flaps on final. Runway wet.

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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