# Incident 20080920845019I: Amrgen AA5, Erwinna, PA, September 20, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2008, 14:00 local time
- Place: Erwinna, PA
- Airport: Vansant
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4843° N, 75.0996° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VANSANT (9N1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4843&lon=-75.0996&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5816L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5816L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American AA-5 (registry code 0631410, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 60 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080920845019I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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