# Accident 20090724018049A: Amrgen AA5, Ft. Pierce, FL, July 24, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2009, 13:48 local time
- Place: Ft. Pierce, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4903° N, 80.3675° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4903&lon=-80.3675&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65KS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65KS-2009-09-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American AA-5 (registry code 0631410, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-aa-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-340 series (registry code 41510, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMRGEN AA5
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,160 total, 300 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09LA420](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA420) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090724018049A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A LOCAL FLIGHT WEST OF ST. LUCIE INT'L AIRPORT.  APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES OF FLIGHT WHILE CRUISING AT 1500 FT BAROMETRIC, THE PILOT INITIATED A CLIMB T0 2500 FT. BAROMETRIC.  AFTER THE CLIMB WAS INITIATED THE ENGINE SHUDDERED, LOST POWER FROM 2400 TO 1800 RPMS, THE APPEARED TO WINDMILL.  THE PILOT PERFORMED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WITH NO SUCCESS.  HE THEN INITIATED A LANDING IN A GRASSY AREA IN BETWEEN THE NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND LANES OF THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE APPROXIMATELY 8 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH, SOUTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT.  A SUCCESSFUL TOUCHDOWN FOLLOWED, BUT HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE COLLIDING WITH A UTILITY TRAILER 1023 FT FROM HIS TOUCHDOWN POINT.

## 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 ERA09LA420](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA420), Jul 24, 2009: American AA-5 (N65KS), Fort Pierce, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as a result the failure of the engine fuel pump diaphragms during climb.

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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