# Accident 20040706019449A: Amrgen AA1, Batavia, OH, July 6, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2004, 15:00 local time
- Place: Batavia, OH
- Airport: Clermont County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0783° N, 84.2100° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0783&lon=-84.2100&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5903L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5903L-2006-04-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American AA-1 (registry code 0630610, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-aa-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMRGEN AA1
- Reported engine: LYC O235*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 345 total, 57 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC04LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04LA158) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040706019449A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ATTEMPTED ANOTHER TAKEOFF AFTER ABORTING HIS FIRST ATTEMPT ON RUNWAY 22 WHICH IS 3600' LONG WITH 8 DEGREE UPSLOPE. THE SURFACE WIND WAS LESS THAN 10 KNOTS AND SLIGHTLY FROM THE LEFT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD APPROXIMATELY 14 GALLONS OF FUEL ON BOARD AND THAT HE AND HIS PASSENGER WEIGHED 450 LBS. HE SAID THAT HIS OAT GAUGE READ 33 DEGREES C (96 DEGREES F). THIS PUTS THE AIRPLANE ABOUT 100 LBS. OVER MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE GROSS WEIGHT AND THE DENSITY ALTITUDE AT APPROXIMATELY 3000 FEET. TAKEOFF PERFORMANCE WAS SEVERELY AND ADVERSELY COMPROMISED. WITNESSES SAID THE ENGINE NOISE SOUNDED NORMAL BUT THE AIRPLANE DIDN'T BECOME AIRBORNE UNTIL THE LAST THIRD OF THE RUNWAY. THEY RAN OUT TO WATCH AS IT CLEARED A FENCE AT THE AIRPORT BOUNDARY BY ONLY FIVE OR TEN FEET. THE NOSE WAS HIGHER THAN NORMAL AS THE AIRPLANE "MUSHED" OVER A FENCE AT THE AIRPORT BOUNDARY. THE LEFT WING DROPPED AND IT IMPACTED IN A SOYBEAN FIELD LEFT WING FIRST AND FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN. THE OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRPLANE.

## 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 NYC04LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04LA158), Jul 6, 2004: Grumman American AA-1 (N5903L), Batavia, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight preparation which failed to assure the takeoff performance needed to out climb obstacles. Factors in this accident were the up sloping runway, the high density…

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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