# Accident 20100713042009A: Grumman Ame AA-5, Hutto, TX, July 13, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2010, 10:30 local time
- Place: Hutto, TX
- Airport: Taylor
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5406° N, 97.5396° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5406&lon=-97.5396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5453U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5453U-2012-01-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5 (registry code 3960104, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-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: GRUMMAN AME AA-5
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 760 total, 500 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA403](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA403) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100713042009A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 13, 2010 APPROXIMATELY 10:30 A.M.  CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A GRUMMAN AMERICAN AVIATION MODEL AA-5 SINGLE ENGINE AIRPLANE LANDED IN A CORNFIELD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF FM 1660 WEST, AND CR 130 SOUTH IN HUTTO, TX.  SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRCRAFT FLIP UPSIDE DOWN AND WAS DESTROYED UPON GROUND IMPACT. PIC WAS OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT AS  A PART 91 RECREATIONAL FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM TAYLOR, TEXAS AIRPORT (T74), AND WAS DESTINED FOR GEORGETOWN, TEXAS AIRPORT (GTU).  PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) MADE A DISTRESS CALL TO AUSTIN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, INFORMING THEM HE WAS EXPERIENCING ENGINE FAILURE. PIC RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 CEN10LA403](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA403), Jul 13, 2010: Grumman American Avn. AA-5 (N5453U), Hutto, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as a result of the pilot's failure to visually verify his fuel quantity prior to the flight.

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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