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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aviat Aircr A-1B · Belle Vernon, PA · March 6, 2010

Date
March 6, 2010 · 15:05 local
Place
Belle Vernon, PA
Airport
Rostraver Airport
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N25AS
Reported as
Aviat Aircr A-1B
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-360-A1D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,800 total500 in this make and model50 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.

Pilot reported that while attempting to practice slow and low level flight along the snow covered area adjacent to active runway 26, the aircraft tail wheel became entrapped in the snow; impeding further forward flight. Aircraft N25AS was found inverted in 1 1/2 feet of snow, approximately 25-feet parallel to the right and 1,000-feet forward of the start of runway 26 in close proximity to the fixed distance marker. Aircraft N25AS appears to have sustained only minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PRACTICE SLOW AND LOW LEVEL FLIGHT ALONG THE SNOW COVERED AREA ADJACENT TO ACTIVE RUNWAY 26, THE AIRCRAFT TAIL WHEEL BECAME ENTRAPPED IN THE SNOW; IMPEDING FURTHER FORWARD FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT N25AS WAS FOUND INVERTED IN 1 1/2 FEET OF SNOW, APPROXIMATELY 25-FEET PARALLEL TO THE RIGHT AND 1,000-FEET FORWARD OF THE START OF RUNWAY 26 IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE FIXED DISTANCE MARKER. AIRCRAFT N25AS APPEARS TO HAVE SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE.

Other reports on N25AS · 1

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