# Accident 20121220027689A: American AA-5, Hot Springs, VA, December 20, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2012, 11:15 local time
- Place: Hot Springs, VA
- Airport: Ingalls Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9508° N, 79.8336° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9508&lon=-79.8336&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5813L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5813L-2018-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American AA-5 (registry code 0631410, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-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: AMERICAN AA-5
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13CA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA090) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121220027689A

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PIC OF N5813L, AMERICAN AA-5, WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 7. WINDS WERE 140-170 AT 12 KNOTS GUSTING TO 20 AS REPORTED BY THE AIRPORT.  UPON TOUCH DOWN, THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO BOUNCE AND THE RIGHT WING STARTED TO LIFT SO THE PIC ELECTED TO APPLY FULL THROTTLE FOR A GO-AROUND.  AS POWER WAS APPLIED THE AIRCRAFT ROTATED 90 DEGREES TO THE LEFT, THE AIRSPEED WAS LESS THAN 60 KNOTS, SETTLED TO THE GRASS AND HIT THE LEFT WING AND COLLAPSED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR.  THE AIRCRAFT SLID ACROSS THE GRASS, TAXIWAY AND IMPACTED A TREE LINE. A TREE IMPACTED THE LEFT WING AND CAME TO REST AGAINST THE SPAR.

## 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 ERA13CA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA090), Dec 20, 2012: American AA-5 (N5813L), Hot Springs, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control while attempting to land in crosswind conditions.

## Other reports on N5813L (1)

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

- [Incident 19850929052989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850929052989I), Sep 29, 1985: Gulstm AA5 (N5813L), Westfield, MA, Minor damage. Porpoised on landing and propeller struck runway. Added power and made go around with safe landing.

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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