# Accident 20060513009979A: Aviat A1A, Denver, CO, May 13, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2006, 22:45 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Centennial Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5701° N, 104.8493° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTENNIAL (APA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5701&lon=-104.8493&mi=10
- Aircraft: N153C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N153C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat A-1A (registry code 2210405, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-a-1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 153 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060513009979A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED CENTENNIAL AIRPORT ON A LOCAL FLIGHT IN NIGHT VFR CONDITIONS ON RUNWAY 10. AFTER ABOUT 30 MINUTES HE RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT, AND CALLED TOWER REPORTING THAT HE WAS WEST OF THE AIRPORT. AFTER HE TURNED ON HIS TRANSPONDER, HE WAS IDENTIFIED EAST OF THE FIELD, AND WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 17L. AFTER SEVERAL CORRECTIONS FROM THE TOWER, HE STILL LANDED ON RUNWAY 35R. HE WAS OBSERVED TAXIING IN A VERY ERRATIC MANNER, INCLUDING DOING "DONUTS" ON THE TAXIWAY. THE AIRPORT SECURITY WAS NOTIFIED, AND THEY FOUND A DUMPSTER THAT WAS ALONG THE EDGE OF THE TAXIWAY OUT OF PLACE. THERE WAS PAINT FROM THE DUMPSTER ON HIS AIRCRAFT, AND PAINT FROM HIS AIRCRAFT ON THE DUMPSTER. THE AIRCRAFT AND PILOT WERE LOCATED IN THE HANGAR, AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WING, THE FABRIC, THE LEFT WING STRUTS, AND THE LEFT MAIN WING SPAR APPEARED TO BE BROKEN. THE PILOT HAD ALCOHOL ON HIS BREATH AND HAD BEEN BLEEDING SEVERELY FROM HIS LEFT WRIST. EMS WAS CALLED AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N153C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19990512014189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990512014189I), May 12, 1999: Aviat A1A (N153C), Denver, CO, Minor damage. The pilot recently purchased this aircraft and had training on tailwheel landings and takeoffs. A tailwheel endorsement was entered into his pilots log book by…

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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