# Incident 20100306028519I: Aviat Aircr A-1B, Belle Vernon, PA, March 6, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 2010, 15:05 local time
- Place: Belle Vernon, PA
- Airport: Rostraver Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2097° N, 79.8314° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROSTRAVER (FWQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2097&lon=-79.8314&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25AS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25AS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat A-1B (registry code 2210406, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-a-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT AIRCR A-1B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360-A1D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100306028519I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20050701019259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050701019259I), Jul 1, 2005: Aviat A1B (N25AS), Lake Placid, NY, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] was enroute from syracuse NY and attempting to land his personal aircraft a 2001 husky A1-B at the Lake Placid new york…

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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