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Incident

FAA incident report · Aviat A-1B · Wakefield, NH · April 9, 2006

Date: April 9, 2006 · 11:44 local
Place: Wakefield, NH
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N153EL
Reported as: Aviat A1B
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,000 total250 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N153ELRegistered now · Aviat A-1BS/N 2290 Airframe modelAviat A-1B

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot privacy data omitted pilot in command of Aviat N153EL, landed in a friends hay field. The purpose of the landing was to visit the owner of the field. Upon landing, the pilot privacy data omitted explained that the tail of the aircraft began to rise, and didn't stop until the aircraft had flipped over. The passenger was injured only when attempting to exit the aircraft. The field that the pilot privacy data omitted landed in was a hay field that appeared to be in good condition, free of ruts or debris that would cause a problem when landing.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^ PILOT IN COMMAND OF AVIAT N153EL, LANDED IN A FRIENDS HAY FIELD. THE PURPOSE OF THE LANDING WAS TO VISIT THE OWNER OF THE FIELD. UPON LANDING, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ EXPLAINED THAT THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO RISE, AND DIDN'T STOP UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT HAD FLIPPED OVER. THE PASSENGER WAS INJURED ONLY WHEN ATTEMPTING TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT. THE FIELD THAT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ LANDED IN WAS A HAY FIELD THAT APPEARED TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION, FREE OF RUTS OR DEBRIS THAT WOULD CAUSE A PROBLEM WHEN LANDING.