# Incident 20060409011199I: Aviat A1B, Wakefield, NH, April 9, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2006, 11:44 local time
- Place: Wakefield, NH
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5681° N, 71.0301° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wakefield, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5681&lon=-71.0301&mi=10
- Aircraft: N153EL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N153EL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat A-1B (registry code 2210406, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-a-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT A1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060409011199I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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