# Incident 20080519835309I: Amrgen AA5B, Erie, PA, May 19, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2008, 13:23 local time
- Place: Erie, PA
- Airport: Erie International/Tom Ridge Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0831° N, 80.1739° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ERIE INTL/TOM RIDGE FLD (ERI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0831&lon=-80.1739&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1196G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1196G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American General Acft AG5B (registry code 3990100, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-general-acft-ag5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMRGEN AA5B
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 470 total, 107 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080519835309I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  AIRMEN FAILED TO CLOSE A VFR FLIGHT PLAN AFTER OPENING A IFR FLIGHT PLAN ENROUTE WITH ATC.  HE WAS MISTAKEN IN THE BELIEF THAT THE OPENING OF THE IFR WOULD CLOSE THE VFR PLAN.  AIRMEN CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO KNOWN ICING CONDITIONS, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY TO AVOID SEVERE ICING, DESCENDING BELOW THE MEA.  FLIGHT LANDED WITH NO FURTHER ICING.  AIRMAN WAS COUNSELED ON VFR/IFR FLIGHT PLAN USE, AND REVIEW OFC ICING PRECAUTIONS FOR GA AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N1196G (1)

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

- [Incident 20130303002959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130303002959I), Mar 3, 2013: American General Acft Corp AG5B (N1196G), Dothan, AL, Minor damage. IFR flight from kflo to kdhn. Weather at the time wind 320/13G17, 10SM, overcast 039, 04/M06, 3018. The pilot was cleared to land runway 32. On landing the…

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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