# Incident 20170508004569I: Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1B, Elmwood Townshi, MI, May 8, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2017, 09:34 local time
- Place: Elmwood Townshi, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N125MS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N125MS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat A-1B (registry code 2210406, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-a-1b) (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-1B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360-A1D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 30,000 total, 38 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170508004569I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE TOUCHED DOWN ON CEDAR LAKE, ELMWOOD TOWNSHIP, MICHIGAN AND IMMEDIATELY RELIZED HE HAD NOT RETRACTED THE WHEELS INTO THE FLOATS AS THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO NOSE OVER.  HE STATED HE COULD DO NOTHING TO STOP THE ACTION. THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK AND THE PILOT DONNED HIS LIFE JACKET AND EXITED OUT THE BROKEN WINDSHIELD OF THE PLANE.

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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