# Accident 20221104019459A: American Aviation AA-1A, Sparta, TN, November 4, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 2022, 17:30 local time
- Place: Sparta, TN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0567° N, 85.5301° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0567&lon=-85.5301&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7254L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7254L-2024-09-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American AA-1A (registry code 0630710, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-aa-1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMERICAN AVIATION AA-1A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 242 total, 228 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA23LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA059) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221104019459A

## Narrative

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

ON INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE, IT ROTATED FREELY COMPRESSION WAS NOTED IN ALL CYLINDERS, SPARK PLUGS DID NOT SHOW ABNORMAL COLARIZATION AND APPERED TO BE FUNCTIONING NORMALY THE MAGNIETOS WERE PROVIDING SPARK, THE IMPULSE COUPLING WAS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THE ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP WAS FUNTIONING PROPERLY AND PROVIDING FUEL UNDER PRESSURE, THE CARBURATOR ACCELARATOR PUMP WAS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY WITH PLENTY OF FLOW THE CARBORATOR FUEL BOWL HAD FUEL IN IT AND THE FLOATS APPEARED TO BE SET CORRECTLLY. NO MALFUNCTION OF THE ENGINE SYSTEMS WERE FOUND LEADING TO POSABLE CARB ICE.

## 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 ERA23LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA059), Nov 4, 2022: American AA-1A (N7254L), Sparta, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to an accumulation of carburetor ice, resulting in an off-airport landing and substantial damage to the airplane.

## Other reports on N7254L (1)

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

- [Accident 19820501016411A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820501016411A), May 1, 1982: Gulstm AA1A (N7254L), Camarillo, CA, Minor damage. Aircraft overtook and collided with N24584 on final approach for landing. Aircraft landed without further incident.

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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