# Accident 20050705012649A: Amrgen AA5, Sussex, NJ, July 5, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2005, 10:00 local time
- Place: Sussex, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1614° N, 74.8144° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1614&lon=-74.8144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6061L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6061L-2006-06-16) (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*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 120 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD05LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050705012649A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED MOUNTAIN BAY AIRPORT, GREENTOWN, PA, ENROUTE TO LINCOLN PARK, NJ (N07). WHEN HE SMELLED SMOKE AND RAW FUEL COMING FROM UNDER THE RADIO STACK, THE PILOT OPENED THE CANOPY OF THE AIRCRAFT. FLAMES WERE VISIBLE. THE PILOT SHUT THE CANOPY AND THE FLAMES DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY. THE PILOT THEN DECIDED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON TOP OF THE KITTATINNY RIDGE, LOCATED IN THE STOKES STATE FOREST, NJ. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE, AND THE PILOT SUFFERED SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS. WHILE RETRIEVING SOME INFORMATION FROM THE AIRCRAFT, HE ALSO SUFFERED A COMPRESSED DISC IN HIS BACK.

## 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 IAD05LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA095), Jul 5, 2005: Grumman American AA-5 (N6061L), Branchville, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: An electrical fire of unknown origin. A factor in the accident was the pilot's failure to perform the In-Flight Electrical Fires checklist.

## Other reports on N6061L (1)

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

- [Incident 19891024063789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891024063789I), Oct 24, 1989: Gulstm AA5B (N6061L), Cincinnati, OH, Minor damage. After landing student overshot turnoff and hit a runway light. Changed light and nose gear fairing.

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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