# Accident 20100719037949A: American AA-1, Gallup, NM, July 19, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2010, 11:45 local time
- Place: Gallup, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5111° N, 108.7892° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5111&lon=-108.7892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5660L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5660L-2017-03-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American AA-1 (registry code 0630610, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-aa-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMERICAN AA-1
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 40 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA384](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA384) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100719037949A

## Narrative

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

ON 07/19/2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 1145 MDT, N5660L LOST CONTROL AND IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SSW OF GALLUP MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, GALLUP , NEW MEXICO(KGUP).THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 CEN10CA384](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA384), Jul 19, 2010: American AA-1 (N5660L), Gallup, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning and failure to attain an adequate airspeed that led to a stall/mush. Contributing to the accident was the lack of suitable terrain for an off-airport landing…

## Other reports on N5660L (1)

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

- [Incident 20000606035219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000606035219I), Jun 6, 2000: Amrgen AA1 (N5660L), El Cajon, CA, Minor damage. (-23)Pilot attempted to taxi his Grumman American trainer aircraft from parking area, lost control and taxied into another parked aircraft. (Mooney N226C) the…

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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