# Accident 20051230029709A: Aviat A1B, Lake Martin, AL, December 30, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2005, 16:40 local time
- Place: Lake Martin, AL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9042° N, 85.8936° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9042&lon=-85.8936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N841CF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT A1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,380 total, 23 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA06CA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06CA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051230029709A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT IN COMMAND SET UP FOR "GLASSY WATER" APPROACH AND LANDING AT DUSK ON LARGE LAKE. PILOT STATEMENT INDICATES THAT HE HAD DIFFICULTY IN DETERMINING WHERE THE SURFACE WAS. PILOT STATEMENT ALSO INDICATES THAT AIRCRAFT MAY HAVE STRUCK SUBMERGED LOG. AT INTERVIEW, PILOT ADMITTED THAT HE HAD (A) NEVER OPERATED IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA OF LAKE, AND (B) DID NOT OVERFLY THE AREA BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO LAND THERE. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A LOG OR ROCK STRIKE ON EITHER FLOAT.

## 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 MIA06CA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06CA043), Dec 30, 2005: Aviat A-1B (N841CF), Alexander City, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain the proper rate of descent during approach for landing to the glassy water resulting in a hard landing and separation of the floats.

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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