# Accident 20091103050919A: American Av AA-1A, Lake Placid, FL, November 3, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 2009, 13:00 local time
- Place: Lake Placid, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.2697° N, 81.1886° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2697&lon=-81.1886&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7266L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7266L-2013-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American AA-1A (registry code 0630710, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-aa-1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMERICAN AV AA-1A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 344 total, 50 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091103050919A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS SIGHT SEEING WITH ONE PAX ABOARD, HE WAS CRUISING AT 1000' AGL AND DOVE DOWN TO SEE A CANAL, UPON PULLING OUT OF THE DIVE HE EXPERIENCED LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND THE PLANE SLOWING DOWN. HE ELECTED TO SET THE AIRCRAFT DOWN ON THE BANK OF THE CANAL DIRECTLY AHEAD IN THE DIRECTION OF FLIGHT . THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED UNDER THE FUSELAGE AS A RESULT OF THE TERRAIN WHICH HE LANDED IN.  THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED/SLID APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET AND CAME TO A STOP.  THE VERTICLE STABILIZER WAS FOUND APPROXIMATELY 300' AFT OF THE AIRCRAFT WITH APPROXIMATELY 250' FEET OF POWER LINE STILL ATTACHED TO IT . THE POWER LINES THAT THE PILOT SNAGGED WITH THE VERTICLE STABILIZER ARE APPROXIMATELY 35' AGL. THE DISTANCE FROM THE POWER LINE POLES TO WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST IS ONE MILE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE NEVER SAW THE POWER LINES. THERE WAS ONE EYE WITNESS TO THE EVENT, HIS STATEMENT COINCIDES WITH THE PILOTS.

## 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 ERA10CA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA046), Nov 3, 2009: American AA1 (N7266L), Lake Placid, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a power line.

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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