# Accident 20061006024679A: Aviat A1A, Altra Sierra, CA, October 6, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2006, 17:00 local time
- Place: Altra Sierra, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7000° N, 118.5500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7000&lon=-118.5500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40AW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40AW) (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: 36,000 total, 800 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX07CA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061006024679A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED HE WAS LANDING IN A MEADOW ON RED MOUNTAIN WHEN HIS LEFT MAIN DROPPED INTO A HOLE CAUSING THE ACCIDENT. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS BENT BACK; THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING AND FUSELAGE. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO PROPERTY OR INJURIES TO THE PILOT. THERE WAS ABOUT TWO FEET OF GRASS ON THE MEADOW AT THE TIME OF LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS AIRLIFTED TO TULARE AIRPORT TO HAVE THE DAMAGE FIXED. AN INSPECTOR FROM THE FRESNO FSDO INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT THERE. THE ACCIDENT SCENE WAS NOT ACCESSIBLE. THE PILOT CLAIMS THAT THIS WAS AN INCIDENT AND SAID THE HELICOPTER DROPPED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE LEFT WING. ON SCENE PICTURES SHOWS DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING BEFORE THE HELICOPTER PICKED UP THE AIRCRAFT. THE RECOVERY TEAM WAS INTERVIEWED AND THEY STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DROPPED DURING THE RECOVERY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX07CA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA013), Oct 7, 2006: Aviat A-1A (N40AW), Woodlake, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the collapse of the landing gear during the landing roll out due to an encounter with rough uneven terrain. Also causal was the pilot's in-flight decision to land on the unsuitable mountainous uneven…

## Other reports on N40AW (1)

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

- [Accident 20040419018509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040419018509A), Apr 19, 2004: Aviat A1A (N40AW), Visalia, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) On 4/19/2004, at approximately 1800PDT, N40AW, piloted by [privacy data omitted] collided with N8321X on a parking ramp at Visalia Municipal Airport…

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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