# Accident 20170409005609A: American AA-1, New Market, VA, April 9, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2017, 15:29 local time
- Place: New Market, VA
- Airport: New Market Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6572° N, 78.7089° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6572&lon=-78.7089&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5690L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5690L-2019-10-07) (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: 5,000 total, 9 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA241) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170409005609A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 9, 2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 1530, THE PILOT OF AN AMERICAN AA-1 AIRCRAFT WAS MAKING APPROACH TO LAND AT NEW MARKET AIRPORT, 8W2. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PROPERLY CERTIFICATED AND AIRWORTHY. PILOT STATED HE WAS ON FINAL AT 80 KTS WHEN HE WAS DISTRACTED BY THE SUN IN HIS EYES AND SUBSEQUENTLY HEARD STALL WARNING. THE WINDS REPORTED AT SHENANDOAH WERE 180 AT 9 GUSTING TO 15KTS. PILOT STATED HE ADDED POWER BUT AIRCARFT DRIFTED RIGHT OF CENTERLINE AND IMPACTED TREELINE NORTH OF RUNWAY ABEAM TOUCHDOWN ZONE OF RUNWAY 24.

## 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 GAA17CA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA241), Apr 9, 2017: American AA 1 (N5690L), New Market, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain a proper approach path, which resulted in an impact with trees.

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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