# Accident 20030807037109A: Aviat A1A, Baranof Island, AK, August 7, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2003, 11:00 local time
- Place: Baranof Island, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 56.4167° N, 134.8333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=56.4167&lon=-134.8333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N113N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N113N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat A-1A (registry code 2210405, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-a-1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC03LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030807037109A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 7, 2003, ABOUT 1100 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, A FLOAT-EQUIPPED AVIAT A-1A AIRPLANE, N113N, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH THE SHORELINE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TAKEOFF FROM A REMOTE LAKE, LOCATED ABOUT 47 MILES SOUTH OF SITKA, ALASKA. THE SOLO COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE TITLE 14, CFR PART 91 BUSINESS FLIGHT WAS OPERATED BY THE PILOT IN SUPPORT OF HIS HUNT GUIDING BUSINESS. THE FLIGHT OPERATED IN VFR CONDITIONS WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN, AND WAS ENROUTE TO BOARD A PASSENGER AT ANOTHER LAKE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAKEOFF FROM A SMALL LAKE WITH A DEER THAT HIS HUNTING CLIENT HAD SHOT. HE SAID HE DETERMINED THAT THE AIRPLANE WOULD NOT BECOME AIRBORNE BEFORE REACHING THE APPROACHING SHORELINE, AND HE ELECTED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF. HE REPORTED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRPLANE PRIOR TO REACHING THE SHORE, AND THE FLOATS, FLOAT FITTINGS, AND ONE FIBERGLASS WINGTIP WERE DAMAGED. HE SAID HE WAS UNAWARE OF ANY ADDITIONAL DAMAGE. FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT REVEALED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE ADJACENT TO THE LEFT FLOAT ATTACHMENT FITTING, THE LOWER LEFT LONGERON WAS BENT, AS WELL AS SOME ADJACENT STRUCTURAL TUBING THAT WOULD REQUIRE MAJOR REPAIR.

## 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 ANC03LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA104), Aug 7, 2003: Aviat A-1A (N113N), Sitka, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delay in aborting the takeoff, which resulted in a collision with the shoreline during an aborted takeoff.

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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