# Incident 20130420007139I: Aviat Inc A-1, Alatna River, AK, April 20, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 2013, 15:00 local time
- Place: Alatna River, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N258AK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N258AK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat A-1 (registry code 2210302, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-a-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT INC A-1
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 376 total, 333 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130420007139I

## Narrative

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

PTRS NUMBER: AL07201301894.

DURING AN OPERATION IN THE GATES OF THE ARCTIC NATIONAL PRESERVE ON THE ALATNA RIVER AREA, THE PILOT MADE SEVERAL PASSES AND DRAGGED HIS WHEELS ON THE FROZEN RIVER ABOUT 4 TIMES TO ENSURE THE LANDING AREA WAS SAFE TO LAND. AFTER LANDING BOTH WHEELS BROKE THROUGH THE TOP LAYER OF ICE  AND RESTED ON THE SECOND LAYER WHICH WAS ABOUT 4" BELOW THE FIRST. THE RESULT WAS THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER, STRIKING THE PROP. ONCE STOPPED THE TAIL CAME BACK DOWN ON THE TAIL WHEEL.

THE PILOT WAS THE SINGLE SOUL ON BOARD, AND NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.

ONLY THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED.

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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