# Accident 20121115025999A: American AA-1, Morgan, UT, November 15, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 2012, 07:00 local time
- Place: Morgan, UT
- Airport: Morgan
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1758° N, 111.7211° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1758&lon=-111.7211&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5642L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5642L-2015-04-21) (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 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 217 total, 23 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13FA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121115025999A

## Narrative

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

AA-1 AMERICAN AIRCRAFT CRASHED APPROX. 5.6 MILES FROM MORGAN, UT. AIRPORT (42U).N5642L TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY #3 TO THE NORTH. THIS IS NOT NORMAL, ACCORDING TO PILOT WITNESS. THE USUAL TAKEOFF DIRECTION DEPENDING WINDS IS TO THE SOUTH. THE MORNING OF ACCIDENT, WINDS NOT A FACTOR.TAKING OFF TO THE NORTH, PILOT GOT HIMSELF BOXED IN A VALLEY 2.8 MILES  NORTH OF MORGAN, UTAH AIRPORT , WHICH REULTED IN CRASH, IMPACTING LEFT WING AND CARTWHEELING AND A FIRE RESULTED DESTROYING AIRCRAFT AND KILLING PILOT.FROST ON AIRCRAFT PARKED OUTSIDE WAS REPORTED BY PILOT WITNESSES THE MORNING OF ACCIDENT. SO LIFT COULD BE A FACTOR IN ACCIDENT IF NOT PROPERLY CLEANED OFF OF WINGS. THIS COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.IT WAS DETERMINED BY NTSB AND MYSELF, THERE FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY  AND INSPECTION OF ENGINE AND COMPONENTS ALL SEEMED TO BE OPERATING NORMALLY AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.AT THIS TIME AWAITING FURTHER INFORMATION RESULTS FROM MEDICAL ON PILOT.

## 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 WPR13FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13FA041), Nov 15, 2012: American AA-1 (N5642L), Morgan, UT, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection, which resulted in frost remaining on the airplane's surfaces and led to its inability to produce enough lift to clear rising terrain.

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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