# Incident 20060112000179I: Aviat A1A, Millsap, TX, January 12, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 2006, 11:00 local time
- Place: Millsap, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7499° N, 98.0115° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Millsap, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7499&lon=-98.0115&mi=10
- Aircraft: N478DM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N478DM-2008-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat A-1A (registry code 2210405, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-a-1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A1P (registry code 42259, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT A1A
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,669 total, 900 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060112000179I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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