# Accident 20081101853189A: Amrgen AA5B, Bridgeport, CT, November 1, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 2008, 17:04 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, CT
- Airport: Igor I Sikorsky Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1636° N, 73.1261° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1636&lon=-73.1261&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4540L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4540L-2022-07-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (registry code 3960105, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMRGEN AA5B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 35 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081101853189A

## Narrative

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

DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 6 AT KBDR, THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED LEFT AFTER TOUCHDOWN AND STRUCK THE RUNWAY ABATEMENT SIGN. IT CAME TO REST IN THE TALL WEEDS BETWEEN THE RAMP AND THE RUNWAY. THE LEFT WING WAS DAMAGE AND THE AILERON WAS TORN FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND THE WING WAS BENT IN THE WING ROOT AREA. REVIEWED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HOSPITAL RECORDS AND HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH VERTIGO. HE ALSO STATED THAT DURING THE LANDING, HE NOTICED THAT LOOKING THROUGH THE PROPS, THEY APPEARED SLOW AND BLURRED LIKE AN OLD MOVIE. HE ALSO SAID HE BECAME DIZZY DURING THE FINAL PHASE OF FLIGHT.

## 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 ERA09CA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA034), Nov 1, 2008: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (N4540L), Bridgeport, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of directional control during landing and while suffering symptoms of vertigo.

## Other reports on N4540L (1)

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

- [Incident 19910922048609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910922048609I), Sep 22, 1991: Gulstm AA5B (N4540L), East Haddam, CT, Minor damage. On a downwind landing the left brake failed. Aircraft veered off end of runway. Struck a post. Gear broke off.

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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