# Accident 20090414003739A: Aviat A1B, Great Bend, KS, April 14, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 2009, 14:30 local time
- Place: Great Bend, KS
- Airport: Great Bend Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3443° N, 98.8592° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREAT BEND MUNI (GBD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3443&lon=-98.8592&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84DT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84DT-2013-10-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat A-1B (registry code 2210406, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-a-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A1P (registry code 42259, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT A1B
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090414003739A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRMAN ATTEMPTED TO TAKE OFF ON HIGHWAY 156, TWO MILES EAST OF GREAT BEND, KANSAS.  THE HIGHWAY WAS NE TO SW AT 210 DEGREES AND THE WINDS WERE 140 DEGREES WITH GUSTS TO 32 MPH.  THE AIRMAN LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHICH WENT THROUGH A DITCH AND EVENTUALLY THROUGH A CHAIN LINK FENCE.  THE RESULT WAS A MINOR INJURY TO THE AIRMANS HAND AND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING SPAR AND ENGINE FIREWALL.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE OWNERS HANGER JUST OFF THE HIGHWAY.

## 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

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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