# Incident 20150913016869I: American AA-5, Fowlerville, MI, September 13, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2015, 09:20 local time
- Place: Fowlerville, MI
- Airport: Maple Grove
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6594° N, 84.0737° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fowlerville, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6594&lon=-84.0737&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5837L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5837L) (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: 985 total, 885 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150913016869I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ON FINAL FOR RWY 27 AT 65G, AN UNCONTROLLED SOD STRIP WITH HIGH TRAFFIC VOLUME, DURING A FLY-IN BREAKFAST. BOTH HE AND HIS PASSENGER NOTED AN AMPHIBIOUS FLOAT PLANE ON FINAL SLIGHTLY ABOVE AND AHEAD OF HIM, CONVERGING FROM THE RIGHT.  PILOT INITIALLY REDUCED POWER TO INCREASE SEPARATION. AS THE PILOT THEN ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND, THE MAIN WHEELS CONTACTED THE TOP OF A MATURE CORN FIELD.  EVEN WITH FULL POWER, THE AIRCRAFT COULD NOT CLIMB OUT OF THE CORN, AND SETTLED TO THE GROUND ABOUT 100 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.

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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