# Accident 20050313004499A: Amrgen AA5, Chesapeake/Hunt, WV, March 13, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 2005, 16:06 local time
- Place: Chesapeake/Hunt, WV
- Airport: Lawrence County Airpart Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4181° N, 82.5053° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4181&lon=-82.5053&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6511L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6511L-2014-10-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5 (registry code 3960104, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMRGEN AA5
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC05FA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05FA058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050313004499A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT WITH TWO PASSENGERS ON BOARD WAS MAKING A SECOND ATTEMPT TO LAND AT LAWRENCE COUNTY AIRPORT, CHESAPEAKE, OHIO. WEATHER WAS NO FACTOR AS THE PILOT ATTEMPTED HIS SECOND APPROACH TO RUNWAY 26. A WITNESS STATED THE AIRCRAFT LANDED LONG AND FAST ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT AND WAS OBSERVED TO EXECUTE A GO AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED TO CLIMB ABOVE THE TREES WITH A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE THEN MOMENTS LATER ROLL OFF TO THE RIGHT AND DISAPPEAR. WITHIN SECONDS SMOKE WAS OBSERVED FROM THE AREA WHERE THE AIRCRAFT DISAPPEARED FROM VIEW. AIRCRAFT AND PILOT RECORDS WERE ON BOARD AND DESTROYED IN POST CRASH FIRE.

## 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 NYC05FA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05FA058), Mar 13, 2005: Grumman American AA-5 (N6511L), Chesapeake, OH, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during the aborted landing, which resulted in an inadvertent stall.

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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