20070814015449A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Aviat A1B · Moab, UT · August 14, 2007

Date
August 14, 2007 · 17:45 local
Place
Moab, UT
Airport
Mineral Canyon Strip
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
CGTHY
Reported as
Aviat A1B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
875 total315 in this make and model82 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) privacy data omitted while walking on the strip prior to takeoff pilot noted two wet mud patches at the south east end of runway. Attempted to take off heading northwest. On takeoff roll, pilot moved over to the left side of runway to avoid the mud. The left wheel caught a rut or bushes pulling a/c to the left. Pilot cut power and applied right brake and rudder, but the left wing caught a high bush on the runway edge, pulling the aircraft nose around further left. The right tire dug in, pulling the right wing down striking the ground before the aircraft stopped in the bushes.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHILE WALKING ON THE STRIP PRIOR TO TAKEOFF PILOT NOTED TWO WET MUD PATCHES AT THE SOUTH EAST END OF RUNWAY. ATTEMPTED TO TAKE OFF HEADING NORTHWEST. ON TAKEOFF ROLL, PILOT MOVED OVER TO THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY TO AVOID THE MUD. THE LEFT WHEEL CAUGHT A RUT OR BUSHES PULLING A/C TO THE LEFT. PILOT CUT POWER AND APPLIED RIGHT BRAKE AND RUDDER, BUT THE LEFT WING CAUGHT A HIGH BUSH ON THE RUNWAY EDGE, PULLING THE AIRCRAFT NOSE AROUND FURTHER LEFT. THE RIGHT TIRE DUG IN, PULLING THE RIGHT WING DOWN STRIKING THE GROUND BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED IN THE BUSHES.