# Accident 20070419006949A: Amrgen AA5B, Danville, VA, April 19, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2007, 09:10 local time
- Place: Danville, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.5728° N, 79.3361° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5728&lon=-79.3361&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4535N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4535N-2009-05-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (registry code 3960105, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMRGEN AA5B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 600 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07LA098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070419006949A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 04/19/07 AT APPROXIMATELY 0910 EDT, THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A HEAVILY WOODED AREA APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE OUT WHILE ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 13 AT DANVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT (DAN), DANVILLE, VIRGINIA. THE AIRCRAFT HAD TAKEN OFF AT APPROXIMATELY 0730 EDT FROM FINLEYVILLE AIRPARK (G05), FINLEYVILLE, PENNSLVANIA WITH AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FILED TO MYRTLE BEACH INT'L (KMYR). AFTER REVIEWING ALL EVIDENCE AND LISTENING TO THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) AUDIO TAPES, THE PILOT TELLS ATC THAT THERE IS A MEDICAL EMERGENCY ONBOARD AND LATER IS HEARD TO SAY THAT HE IS WRESTLING WITH THE PASSENGER WHO WAS DIABETIC AND ON AN INSULIN PUMP.

## 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 NYC07LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07LA098), Apr 19, 2007: Grumman American AA-5B (N4535N), Danville, VA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The passenger's inadvertent interference with the flight controls due to his physiological condition. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inability to maintain aircraft control.

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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