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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amrgen AA-5 · Erwinna, PA · September 20, 2008

Date
September 20, 2008 · 14:00 local
Place
Erwinna, PA
Airport
Vansant
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5816L
Reported as
Amrgen AA5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
200 total60 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

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) Pilot departed somerset airport (N52) new jersey en route to van saint airport (9N1) ervinna, PA. The pilot landed at van saint airport, a grass runway airport, and was taxing when the nose wheel of the aircraft went into a depression causing the nose wheel to break. The aircraft sustained minor damage and no injuries occured.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED SOMERSET AIRPORT (N52) NEW JERSEY EN ROUTE TO VAN SAINT AIRPORT (9N1) ERVINNA, PA. THE PILOT LANDED AT VAN SAINT AIRPORT, A GRASS RUNWAY AIRPORT, AND WAS TAXING WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL OF THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO A DEPRESSION CAUSING THE NOSE WHEEL TO BREAK. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES OCCURED.