# Accident 20030705016109A: Aviat A1B, Okobojo, SD, July 5, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2003, 14:30 local time
- Place: Okobojo, SD
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7636° N, 100.7219° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7636&lon=-100.7219&mi=10
- Aircraft: N700KY, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N700KY-2008-01-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat A-1B (registry code 2210406, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-a-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT A1B
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,085 total, 140 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA199) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030705016109A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT ABOUT 1430 CDT ON 7-5-03, PILOT WAS LANDING ON THE MISSOURI RIVER NORTH OF PIERRE, SD WHEN LEFT FRONT FLOAT STRUT FAILED. LEFT WING THEN CONTACTED THE WATER. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO WING AND FUSELAGE. PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO ANOTHER LOCATION NEAR THE SHORE WHERE IT WAS DISMANTLED AND MOVED TO THE PIERRE AIRPORT.

## 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 CHI03LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA199), Jul 5, 2003: Aviat A-1B (N700KY), Okobojo, SD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the float strut during a water landing.

## Other reports on N700KY (1)

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

- [Incident 20070623011559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070623011559I), Jun 23, 2007: Aviat A1B (N700KY), Missoula, MT, No damage. (-23) On June 23, 2007, at approximately 1230 hours MDT, an Aviat husky A-1B, N700KY, registered to western adventures seaplane, inc., landed at Missoula…

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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