# Accident 20050624013159A: Aviat A1B, Dove Creek, CO, June 24, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2005, 15:45 local time
- Place: Dove Creek, CO
- Airport: Dove Creek Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7636° N, 108.8886° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7636&lon=-108.8886&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42HY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N42HY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat A-1B (registry code 2210406, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-a-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT A1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN05CA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05CA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050624013159A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 06-24-05, AT 1545 MDT, AN AVIAT A-1B SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING TAKEOFF FROM THE DOVE CREEK, COLORADO AIRPORT (8V6). THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^ TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 01 WITH GUSTY TAIL WINDS. BETWEEN 50 AND 100 FEET AGL THE PILOT RELEASED THE 10 DEGREE FLAPS AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SINK. THE PILOT COMMANDED A LEFT BANK RETURN TO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SANK FURTHER AND PILOT STATED HE KNEW HE WAS IN TROUBLE WHEN THE STALL WARNING HORN SOUNDED. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND SHORTLY THEREAFTER. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT RUNWAY 01 IS 90 FEET HIGHER IN ELEVATION AT ITS END. THIS INFORMATION IS USEFUL IN THAT THE PILOT TOOK OFF WITH GUSTY WINDS UPHILL ON A DIRT RUNWAY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S.

## 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 DEN05CA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05CA096), Jun 24, 2005: Aviat A-1B (N42HY), Dove Creek, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during initial climb which resulted in an inadvertant stall and impact with terrain.

## Other reports on N42HY (1)

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

- [Incident 20120720014609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120720014609I), Jul 20, 2012: Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1B (N42HY), Bozman, MT, No damage. July 20, 2012, at 1832 MDT, N42HY an Aviat husky landed gear up on rwy 30 at bzn airport. [privacy data omitted] Was identified as the pilot in command and in…

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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