# Accident 20200422004559A: American Legend Aircraft Co AL3, Athens, GA, April 22, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2020, 17:30 local time
- Place: Athens, GA
- Airport: Ben Epps Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9486° N, 83.3258° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9486&lon=-83.3258&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1115, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1115) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American Legend AL3 (registry code 060002K, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-legend-al3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMERICAN LEGEND AIRCRAFT CO AL3
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, sport pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 256 total, 50 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20CA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA158) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200422004559A

## Narrative

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

ON FRIDAY APRIL 24, 2020, THE INSPECTOR ARRIVED TO BEN EPPS AIRPORT (AHN) AT 1000 AND WAS MET BY AIRPORT GROUNDS SUPERVISOR. INSPECTOR WAS ESCORTED TO AIRCRAFT.

THE PRIVATE PILOT, AND A PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. PILOT WAS ON AN AREA LOCAL FLIGHT PATTERN. THE LOCAL ATHENS AREA WEATHER WAS REPORTED AS CLEAR, WINDS CALM.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 9. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND REPORTED TO HAVE TROUBLE CENTERING ON RUNWAY AND WAS VEERING TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT ADVANCED POWER ATTEMPTING AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED LEFT TURN CLIMB, TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET AND STRUCK A TREE LINE.

## 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 ERA20CA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA158), Apr 22, 2020: American Legend AL3 (N1115), Athens, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control after an aborted landing, which resulted in collision with trees.

## Other reports on N1115 (1)

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

- [Incident 20070117000479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070117000479I), Jan 17, 2007: Amcnlg AL3 (N1115), Prescott, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] was flying his legend cub, N1115, on 01/17/2007 on a sightseeing flight. Upon returning to prc he was cleared to land on…

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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