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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aviat A-1B · Bessemer, AL · November 10, 2011

Date
November 10, 2011 · 15:00 local
Place
Bessemer, AL
Airport
Bessemer
Phase of flight
Unknown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N59AW
Reported as
Aviat A-1B
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
3,300 total141 in this make and model114 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.

During a post flight of the aircraft, the aircraft was determined to be in an unairworthy condition, due to a broken aft right upper float attach bracket. Upon further investigation, the damage sustained to the aircraft was dertermined to be an incident, iaw information received from the NTSB. This incident will be closed with no further action, due to the fact that the date and time of the cracked bracket could not be determined throughout the investigation.

As the FAA filed it

DURING A POST FLIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS DETERMINED TO BE IN AN UNAIRWORTHY CONDITION, DUE TO A BROKEN AFT RIGHT UPPER FLOAT ATTACH BRACKET. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, THE DAMAGE SUSTAINED TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS DERTERMINED TO BE AN INCIDENT, IAW INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE NTSB. THIS INCIDENT WILL BE CLOSED WITH NO FURTHER ACTION, DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE DATE AND TIME OF THE CRACKED BRACKET COULD NOT BE DETERMINED THROUGHOUT THE INVESTIGATION.

Other reports on N59AW · 1

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