# Accident 20071004825159A: Aviat A1B, Palmer, AK, October 4, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2007
- Place: Palmer, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.4414° N, 148.6097° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.4414&lon=-148.6097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT A1B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC08TA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08TA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071004825159A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND WHEN AIRCRAFT LEFT WING CONTACTED BRUSH. (-23 AMENDMENT) ACCORDING TO INTERVIEWS WITH THE AIR SAFETY INVESTIGATORS FOR THE OPERATOR, AND THE OPERATOR'S WRITTEN STATEMENT, THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO EVALUATE AND PROVIDE INSTRUCTION TO THE COMMERCIAL PILOT ON OFF-AIRPORT LANDINGS. THE PILOT WAS DEMONSTRATING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING TO THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WHEN THE LEFT WING STRUCK A CLUMP OF SMALL TREES/TALL VEGETATION, AND YAWED TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT CONTINUED WITH THE TOUCH AND GO, AND SUCCESSFULLY FLEW TO ANCHORAGE. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT THE LEFT WING REQUIRED A RIB REPLACEMENT.

## 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 ANC08TA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08TA006), Oct 4, 2007: Aviat A1B (N739), Palmer, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's failure to maintain clearance from high vegetation during the off-airport 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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