# Incident 20050701019259I: Aviat A1B, Lake Placid, NY, July 1, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2005, 14:30 local time
- Place: Lake Placid, NY
- Airport: Lake Placid Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2645° N, 73.9619° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE PLACID (LKP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2645&lon=-73.9619&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25AS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25AS) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050701019259I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ WAS ENROUTE FROM SYRACUSE NY AND ATTEMPTING TO LAND HIS PERSONAL AIRCRAFT A 2001 HUSKY A1-B AT THE LAKE PLACID NEW YORK AIRPORT (LKP). STRONG CROSSWINDS CAUSED THE PILOT TO ABORT TWO ATTEMPTS AT LANDING. ON THE THIRD ATTEMPT, AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, A SUDDEN WIND SHIFT CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SWERVE AND THE PILOT SUBSEQUENTLY LOST CONTROL AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED. THE VERTICAL STABILIZER AND RUDDER SUSTAINED DAMAGE AS DID THE PROPELLER AND SPINNER. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N25AS (1)

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

- [Incident 20100306028519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100306028519I), Mar 6, 2010: Aviat Aircr A-1B (N25AS), Belle Vernon, PA, Minor damage. Pilot reported that while attempting to practice slow and low level flight along the snow covered area adjacent to active runway 26, the aircraft tail wheel…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.