20040714014519I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aviat A-1B · California City, CA · July 14, 2004

Date
July 14, 2004 · 21:00 local
Place
California City, CA
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N62HY
Reported as
Aviat A1B
Reported engine
Lycoming O360*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,080 total30 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The aircraft landed on what the pilot believed to be a hard surface, and ended up sinking into the mud as the aircraft slowed down to taxi speed. The aircraft had minor damage to the bottom of the fuselage, and the propeller, as it came to rest in the mud.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON WHAT THE PILOT BELIEVED TO BE A HARD SURFACE, AND ENDED UP SINKING INTO THE MUD AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED DOWN TO TAXI SPEED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE, AND THE PROPELLER, AS IT CAME TO REST IN THE MUD.