# Incident 20120810017569I: American AA-1, Cameron Park, CA, August 10, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2012, 13:00 local time
- Place: Cameron Park, CA
- Airport: Cameron Airpark
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6840° N, 120.9880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Cameron Airpark (KO61), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6840&lon=-120.9880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5718L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5718L) (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: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120810017569I

## Narrative

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

THE CARBURETOR NEEDLE VALVE STUCK OPEN CAUSING AN RICH MIXTURE AND PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER DURING CLIMB OUT.THE PILOT REPORTED THE ENGINE WOULD NOT MAKE ENOUGH POWER TO SUSTAINE ALTITUDE FORCING AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON CAMERON PARK DRIVE.

## Other reports on N5718L (1)

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

- [Incident 19890625036879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890625036879I), Jun 25, 1989: Gulstm AA1 (N5718L), Dallas, TX, Minor damage. Student made hard landing. Bounced and propeller struck runway. Propeller blades damaged.

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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