# Incident 20110822019429I: Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1B, Bedford, MA, August 22, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2011, 15:05 local time
- Place: Bedford, MA
- Airport: Hanscom Airfield
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4906° N, 71.2762° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bedford, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4906&lon=-71.2762&mi=10
- Aircraft: N927TB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N927TB) (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 AIRCRAFT INC A-1B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A1P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 350 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110822019429I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS NEAR TOUCHDOWN WHEN AIRCRAFT FLOATED 10 TO 12 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY. AT THE SAME TIME THE LEFT WING DROPPED AND CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT ELECTED TO APPLY FULL POWER TO INITIATE A GO AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT SKEWED 45 DEGREES OFF THE RUNWAY HEADING AND HEADED FOR A SMALL HILL IN THE MEDIAN  BETWEEN RUNWAY 29 AND TAXIWAY ECHO. THE PILOT LANDED ON THE CREST OF THE HILL WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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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