# Accident 20100419034629A: Grumman Ame AA-5B, Muskegon, MI, April 19, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2010, 12:00 local time
- Place: Muskegon, MI
- Airport: Muskegon County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1678° N, 86.2356° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1678&lon=-86.2356&mi=10
- Aircraft: N969SH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N969SH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (registry code 3960105, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN AME AA-5B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360-A1D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,210 total, 70 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA209) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100419034629A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED FREEMONT, MI (FFX) AND CLIMBED TO 2500 FEET MSL.  SHORTLY AFTER ESTABLISHING CRUISE FLIGHT A GOOSE STRUCK THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE AT THE FUEL TANK AREA CAUSING SUBSTANTIONAL DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WING AND FUEL TANK WHICH ALSO RESULTED IN A SMALL FUEL LEAK.  PILOT LANDED IMMEDIATELY AT MUSKEGON, MI (MKG) AIRPORT WITHOUT ANY FURTHER INCIDENT.

## 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 CEN10CA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA209), Apr 19, 2010: True Flight Holdings AA-5B (N969SH), Muskegon, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadvertent in-flight collision with a goose.

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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