20060423005369A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amrgen AA-1C · San Diego, CA · April 23, 2006

Date
April 23, 2006 · 16:31 local
Place
San Diego, CA
Airport
Brown Field Municipal
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9756U
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX06CA146
Reported as
Amrgen AA1C
Reported engine
Lycoming O235*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
309 total3 in this make and model

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) N9756U departed Brown field on rwy 26R, became airborne and lost control. The aircraft crashed through a fence and came to rest 1/4 mile north of the airport at 231632PDT. The pilot and passenger sustained minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. The pilot requested and made an early right turn in the pattern. During the turn he realized the aircraft was going too slow and was entering a stall. The aircraft then "snapped" quickly to the right. He applied opposite aileron and the aircraft immediately rolled left. He applied corrections in opposite directions several times but by the time he regained control and airspeed, he couldn't avoid the fence. The aircraft ended up inverted.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) N9756U DEPARTED BROWN FIELD ON RWY 26R, BECAME AIRBORNE AND LOST CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED THROUGH A FENCE AND CAME TO REST 1/4 MILE NORTH OF THE AIRPORT AT 231632PDT. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THE PILOT REQUESTED AND MADE AN EARLY RIGHT TURN IN THE PATTERN. DURING THE TURN HE REALIZED THE AIRCRAFT WAS GOING TOO SLOW AND WAS ENTERING A STALL. THE AIRCRAFT THEN "SNAPPED" QUICKLY TO THE RIGHT. HE APPLIED OPPOSITE AILERON AND THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY ROLLED LEFT. HE APPLIED CORRECTIONS IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS SEVERAL TIMES BUT BY THE TIME HE REGAINED CONTROL AND AIRSPEED, HE COULDN'T AVOID THE FENCE. THE AIRCRAFT ENDED UP INVERTED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.