# Accident 20160312001679A: American AA-1, Brigham City, UT, March 12, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 2016, 14:10 local time
- Place: Brigham City, UT
- Airport: Brigham City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5550° N, 112.0622° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5550&lon=-112.0622&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5703L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5703L-2019-04-18) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 304 total, 76 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA149) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160312001679A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 17, THERE WAS A CROSSWIND, AT ROTATION THE AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE RUNWAY AND BENT THE NOSE GEAR THE AIRCRAFT MANAGED TO TAKEOFF, THE PILOT TALKED TO A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR THAT WAS IN AN OTHER AIRCRAFT AND FLEW BY THAT AIRCRAFT THE INSTRUCTOR TOLD THE PILOT THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS BENT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND WENT OFF THE RUNWAY AND FLIPPED OVER.

## 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 GAA16CA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA149), Mar 12, 2016: American AA 1 (N5703L), Brigham City, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: Loss of directional control during landing, due to nose landing gear damage sustained in the prior takeoff, resulting in a runway excursion and nose over.

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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