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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aviat A-1 · Stehekin, WA · July 5, 2011

Date: July 5, 2011 · 19:30 local
Place: Stehekin, WA
Airport: Stehekin State
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N49365
Reported as: Aviat A-1
Reported engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,000 total

N49365Registered now · Aviat A-1S/N 1250 Airframe modelAviat A-1 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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.

The pilot was aware that there were gusty conditions as he made an approach and landing at Stehekin State Airport. As he rolled out, he made a correction to the left and the aircraft then stopped. In his statement he says he stepped on the brake, too. The aircraft stopped and the tail slowly raised up until the prop hit the ground, then fell back on to the tailwheel bending the spring. His verbal testimony added that he made the correction due to a gust of wind from the rear.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS AWARE THAT THERE WERE GUSTY CONDITIONS AS HE MADE AN APPROACH AND LANDING AT STEHEKIN STATE AIRPORT. AS HE ROLLED OUT, HE MADE A CORRECTION TO THE LEFT AND THE AIRCRAFT THEN STOPPED. IN HIS STATEMENT HE SAYS HE STEPPED ON THE BRAKE, TOO. THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED AND THE TAIL SLOWLY RAISED UP UNTIL THE PROP HIT THE GROUND, THEN FELL BACK ON TO THE TAILWHEEL BENDING THE SPRING. HIS VERBAL TESTIMONY ADDED THAT HE MADE THE CORRECTION DUE TO A GUST OF WIND FROM THE REAR.