# Accident 20000823013979A: Aviat A1B, Newburyport, MA, August 23, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2000, 16:30 local time
- Place: Newburyport, MA
- Airport: Plum Island Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7954° N, 70.8394° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PLUM ISLAND (2B2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7954&lon=-70.8394&mi=10
- Aircraft: N475C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N475C-2011-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat A-1B (registry code 2210406, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-a-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT A1B
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00LA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA238) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000823013979A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AVIAT ENTERED DOWNWIND FOR RWY 28 AT PLUM ISLAND AND PROCEEDED TO MAKE A CROSSWIND APPROACH AND LANDING. THE AVIAT, AFTER TOUCHDOWN, BEGAN TO DRIFT TO THE RIGHT ACROSS THE RWY. THE PILOT ADDED FULL POWER TO COMMENCE REJECTED LANDING. THE POWER TO A/C WAS ABRUBTLY RETARDED TO IDLE BY THE REAR SEAT PILOT AND THE WINGS WERE LEVELED. THE A/C, WHICH HAD BEEN AIRBORNE FOR A SHORT DISTANCE, SETTLED TO THE GRASS, AND COLLIDED WITH A PARKED BE-35, N1992D. BOTH A/C RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE TWO PILOTS ABOARD THE AVIAT RECEIVED NO INJURIES AND THE BE-35 WAS UNOCCUPIED. THE ON-SCENE INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED BY INSPECTOR DAVID O'DONNELL ON 8-23-00 AND INSPECTOR HALL ON 8-24-00.

## 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 NYC00LA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA238), Aug 23, 2000: Aviat A-1B (N475C), Newberryport, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during landing and a subsequent rejected landing. Factors were the crosswind, and the delayed corrective action by the pilot.

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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