# Accident 20050907019999A: Aviat A1B, Sheridan, WY, September 7, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2005, 10:50 local time
- Place: Sheridan, WY
- Airport: Sheridan County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7692° N, 106.9803° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7692&lon=-106.9803&mi=10
- Aircraft: N477DK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N477DK) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,709 total, 16 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN05CA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05CA135) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050907019999A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT FAILED TO CONFIGURE FLAPS PROPERLY FOR THE "GO" PORTION OF HIS FOURTH TOUCH AND GO.

## 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 DEN05CA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05CA135), Sep 7, 2005: Aviat A-1B (N477DK), Sheridan, WY, substantial damage. Probable cause: pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the aborted landing. A contributing factor was the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall.

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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