20060112000179I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aviat A-1A · Millsap, TX · January 12, 2006

Date: January 12, 2006 · 11:00 local
Place: Millsap, TX
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N478DM
Reported as: Aviat A1A
Reported engine: Lycoming O360*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,669 total900 in this make and model41 in the last 90 days

N478DMRegistration cancelled Apr 10, 2008 · Aviat A-1AS/N 1450 · Built 1999 Airframe modelAviat A-1A Engine modelLycoming O-360-A1PReciprocating

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) On 01/12/2006, at 11:00 am, local time, an Aviat A-1A, registration number N478DM, owned by and registered to the pilot privacy data omitted experienced a propeller strike on the ground while attempting to take off from a sand bar on the brazos river. VFR conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft sustained minor damage, and the sole occupant pilot was uninjured. The pilot holds an airline transport, flight, and ground instructor certificates. The flight originated at 52F, on 01/12/2006, at 10:00 am local time.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 01/12/2006, AT 11:00 AM, LOCAL TIME, AN AVIAT A-1A, REGISTRATION NUMBER N478DM, OWNED BY AND REGISTERED TO THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXPERIENCED A PROPELLER STRIKE ON THE GROUND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TAKE OFF FROM A SAND BAR ON THE BRAZOS RIVER. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE SOLE OCCUPANT PILOT WAS UNINJURED. THE PILOT HOLDS AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT, FLIGHT, AND GROUND INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT 52F, ON 01/12/2006, AT 10:00 AM LOCAL TIME.