# Incident 20121116025549I: Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B, Bedford, IN, November 16, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 2012, 15:30 local time
- Place: Bedford, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8602° N, 86.4895° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bedford, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8602&lon=-86.4895&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74619, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N74619) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (registry code 3960105, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN AMERICAN AVN. CORP. AA-5B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 14,666 total, 211 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121116025549I

## Narrative

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

ON 11/16/2012, THE PILOT DEPARTED KBMG (BLOOMINGTON MONROE COUNTY AIRPORT) FOR A LOCAL VFR FLIGHT AND LANDED AT KDCY (DAVIESS COUNTY AIRPORT) FOR FUEL. AFTER TAKING ON 19.6 GALLONS OF AVGAS THE PILOT DEPARTED AND PERFORMED AIR MANEUVERS CONSISTING OF STALLS, STEEP TURNS, AND SLOW FLIGHT. THE PILOT THEN PROCEEDED TO KBFR (VIRGIL I. GRISSOM AIRPORT) TO PRACTICE TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. AFTER PERFORMING AT LEAST TWO TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS THE PILOT INITIATED A CLIMB AND MOVED THE FUEL TANK SELECTOR FROM THE RIGHT FUEL TANK TO THE LEFT FUEL TANK AT ABOUT 1000 FT AGL. APPROXIMATELY 15 SECONDS LATER THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AND THE PILOT'S ATTEMPTS TO RESTORE ENGINE POWER BY SWITCHING BACK TO THE RIGHT FUEL TANK AND TURNING ON THE ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL. THE PILOT THEN TURNED BACK TO KBFR BUT REALIZING THAT HE COULD NOT MAKE THE RUNWAY HE LANDED IN THE NEAREST FIELD APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 31.

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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