American Aviation Corp. (Aac) AA-1A accident near Levittown, PA
On May 28, 2005, an American Aviation Corp. (Aac) AA-1A (airplane) was involved in an accident near Levittown, PA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- May 28, 2005
- Place
- Levittown, PA
- Aircraft
- American Aviation Corp. (Aac) AA-1A · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 40.143°N, 74.861°W
- NTSB ID
- 20050606X00720
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On May 28, 2005, about 1305 eastern daylight time, an American Aviation Corporation AA-1A, N9346L, was substantially damaged after colliding with trees during an attempted forced landing, near Levittown, Pennsylvania. The certificated commercial pilot was fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, which departed the Northeast Philadelphia Airport (PNE), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania about 1026 hours. No flight plan had been filed for the commercial aerial observation flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. The flight was being operated as a traffic reporting flight that patrolled primarily in the vicinity of the Garden State Parkway and Interstate 95, as far north as Teterboro, New Jersey. According to the bureau chief of the traffic reporting communications center, all communications with the accident flight were normal until the flight was near the Brick Township, New Jersey, exit of the Garden State Parkway and the pilot advised that he could not proceed further north along the parkway. He further stated that he had already used 1 hour and 40 minutes worth of fuel and would need to land and refuel to continue. The bureau chief stated that in his experience, it was unusual for a pilot to be that low on fuel at that location, and advised the pilot "to go home." At approximately 1220 hours, the bureau chief received another transmission from the pilot reporting on some traffic congestion, and advised that he would re-contact him on the ground. No radar data was available for the accident flight, however; air traffic control com
Probable cause
The pilot's improper in-flight planning which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. A factor in the accident was the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during the forced landing, resulting in an inadvertent stall and uncontrolled descent into trees.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
