# Incident 20120225003319I: Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1B, Sierra Vista, AZ, February 25, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 2012, 12:00 local time
- Place: Sierra Vista, AZ
- Airport: Sierra Vista Municipal-Libby Aaf
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.5885° N, 110.3444° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SIERRA VISTA MUNI-LIBBY AAF (FHU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5885&lon=-110.3444&mi=10
- Aircraft: N473AM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N473AM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat A-1B (registry code 2210406, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-a-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT AIRCRAFT INC A-1B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,693 total, 232 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120225003319I

## Narrative

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

PILOT OF N473AM WAS APPROACHING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 21 AT KFHU.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE ENCOUNTERED A LEFT CROSSWIND AS HE WAS GETTING READY TO ROUNDOUT AND MADE THE CROSSWIND CORRECTION WITH LEFT ELEVATOR AND RIGHT RUDDER.  THE PILOT THEN STATED THAT THE WIND SHIFTED TO THE RIGHT AND THAT THE AIRCRAFT STALLED ABOUT 2 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND AND LEFT WINGTIP FAIRING. DAMAGE WAS MINOR.  NO INJURIES.

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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