# Accident 20140726015499A: Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1, Little Goat Lak, AK, July 26, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 2014, 12:30 local time
- Place: Little Goat Lak, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 55.5000° N, 130.6300° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.5000&lon=-130.6300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N400HU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N400HU-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat A-1 (registry code 2210400, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-a-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT AIRCRAFT INC A-1
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360-A1D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,175 total, 350 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC14CA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14CA061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140726015499A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 26, 2014, AT 1230 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, A AVIAT A-1 HUSKY, N400HU, IMPACTED TREES AFTER THE PILOT ABORTED A CROSSWIND TAKEOFF.  THIS HAPPENED AT LITTLE GOAT LAKE LOCATED IN THE ?MISTY FJORDS NATIONAL PARK?, ALASKA. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT AND A PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO WILD BILLS AVIATION, INC AND OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC14CA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14CA061), Jul 26, 2014: Aviat A 1 (N400HU), Ketchikan, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to takeoff from a remote mountain lake in variable wind. Contributing to the accident was the pilots delayed decision to abort the takeoff.

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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