# Incident 20080411014169I: Aviat A1B, New Smyrna Bea, FL, April 11, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 2008, 16:00 local time
- Place: New Smyrna Bea, FL
- Airport: Massey Ranch Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.9789° N, 80.9248° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MASSEY RANCH AIRPARK (X50), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.9789&lon=-80.9248&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54HY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54HY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat A-1B (registry code 2210406, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-a-1b) (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 A1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 100 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080411014169I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER COMPLETION OF BANNER TOWING OPERATION PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT AND PROCEEDED TO EXIT RUNWAY. UPON EXITING RUNWAY TO TAXIWAY PILOT FAILED TO USE PROPER FLIGHT CONTROL INPUTS FOR AIRCRAFT WITH CONVENTIONAL LANDING GEAR, WHILE TURNING, RESULTING IN TAIL OF AIRCRAFT TO RISE OFF OF SURFACE ENOUGH TO CAUSE PROPELLER OF AIRCRAFT TO CONTACT SURFACE. MINOR DAMAGE RESULTED TO AIRCRAFT ENGINE MOUNTING BRACKETS. PROPELLER SUFFERED MAJOR DAMAGE. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

## Other reports on N54HY (1)

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

- [Accident 20161102019199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161102019199A), Nov 2, 2016: Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1B (N54HY), Geneva, FL, Destroyed. About 10 min after taking off the engine starting to run rough, after a minute or so later it started to backfire, and running more rough, pilot started to…

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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