# Accident 20051230029429A: Amrgen AA5, Boulder City, NV, December 30, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2005, 12:30 local time
- Place: Boulder City, NV
- Airport: Boulder City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9475° N, 114.8611° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9475&lon=-114.8611&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5435L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5435L-2013-05-10) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,082 total, 1,082 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06LA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06LA073) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051230029429A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PIC OF N5435L ATTEMPTED TO DEPART RUNWAY 27L AT THE BOULDER CITY AIRPORT (61B), FAILING TO REMOVE THE FLIGHT CONTROL GUST LOCK FROM THE YOKE CONTROL COLUMN. APPROXIMATELY 3,000 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY, THROTTLE WAS REDUCED COMPLETELY AND A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OCCURRED. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND PARRELLED THE RUNWAY WITHIN THE SOFT DIRT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN HIT A SMALL DIRT BERM WHICH CATAPOLTED THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE AIR. AT THIS POINT THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED TO THE LEFT CAUSING THE LEFT WING TO BE TORN FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN CARTWHEELED SEVERAL TIMES AND CAME TO REST FACING EASTBOUND ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT POINT OF REST WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 3,800 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY ADJACENT TO THE WINDSOCK.

## 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 LAX06LA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06LA073), Dec 30, 2005: Grumman AA-5 (N5435L), Boulder City, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection and failure to follow the airplane's checklist, which resulted in his failure to remove the gust lock prior to flight.

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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