# Accident 20110705025149A: Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5, Camas, WA, July 5, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2011, 10:45 local time
- Place: Camas, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7119° N, 122.3369° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7119&lon=-122.3369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1334R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1334R-2011-10-11) (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 AMERICAN AVN. CORP. AA-5
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 494 total, 398 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11LA306](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA306) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110705025149A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 5, 2011, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CAMAS, WA, 1W1, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 AM PDT ON A VFR FLIGHT PLAN FOR JOHN DAY, GCD, WITH 2 PERSONS ON BOARD.  THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CLIMBED OUT TO 2,400 FEET AND CONTACTED PDX TO OPEN THE FLIGHT PLAN.  PDX GAVE THE PILOT A SQUAWK CODE AND INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO STAY CLEAR OF THE CLASS C AIRSPACE UNTIL RADAR CONTACT.  NOT KNOWING HIS EXACT LOCATION IN RELATION TO THE CLASS C AIRSPACE THE PILOT DESCENDED TO 2,000 FEET, WHICH MADE HIM TURN MORE NORTH DUE TO RISING TERRAIN.  PDX REPORTED RADAR CONTACT AND ASKED THE PILOT WHEN HE COULD GET BACK ON COURSE FOR GCD.  THE PILOT RESPONDED HE COULD DO IT NOW AND ATEMPTED A LEFT 360 TURN WHEN HE HIT A TREE APPROXIMATELY 50 TO 60 FEET AGL WITH THE RIGHT WING.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND IN A GRAVEL PIT APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET WEST OF THE TREE.  BOTH OCCUPANTS SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 WPR11LA306](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA306), Jul 5, 2011: Grumman American Avn. AA-5 (N1334R), Yacoit, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from terrain.

## Other reports on N1334R (1)

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

- [Accident 19751001033699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751001033699A), Oct 1, 1975: Grumav AA5 (N1334R), Roanoke, IN, Substantial damage

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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