# Accident 20060915023769A: Amrgen AA5, Watsonville, CA, September 15, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2006, 21:15 local time
- Place: Watsonville, CA
- Airport: Watsonville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9372° N, 121.7939° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9372&lon=-121.7939&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6532L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6532L-2008-10-14) (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 O360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 430 total, 7 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06CA294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA294) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060915023769A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT LOST POWER, DUE TO FUEL STARVATION, AND CRASHED INTO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS FROM WVI AIRPORT BOUNDARY.

## 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 LAX06CA294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA294), Sep 16, 2006: Grumman American Avn. AA-5 (N6532L), Watsonville, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's inadequate preflight planning, en route fuel consumption calculations, and in-flight decision to continue to the destination…

## Other reports on N6532L (1)

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

- [Incident 19780425011889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780425011889I), Apr 25, 1978: Gulstm AA5 (N6532L), Lancaster, CA, Minor damage. Pilot allowed aircraft to porpoise on landing. Curled prop blade.

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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