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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Aviat A-1C-200 · Aspen, CO · July 28, 2019

Date
July 28, 2019 · 09:56 local
Place
Aspen, CO
Airport
Aspen Pitkin County Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N245WY
Reported as
Aviat A-1C-200
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-A1D6
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
700 total30 in this make and model20 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.

Pilot stated that the weather was good, calm winds and runway was dry.

He stated that he had been flying for a long time that day and he had moved his feet to a position higher than normal to be more comfortable and didn't realize that his feet were on the brakes.

When he landed he pushed on the right rudder pedal but inadvertently actuated the right brake and the airplane swerved to the right. Corrections resulted in a ground loop which damaged the right wing and right landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED THAT THE WEATHER WAS GOOD, CALM WINDS AND RUNWAY WAS DRY.

HE STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN FLYING FOR A LONG TIME THAT DAY AND HE HAD MOVED HIS FEET TO A POSITION HIGHER THAN NORMAL TO BE MORE COMFORTABLE AND DIDN'T REALIZE THAT HIS FEET WERE ON THE BRAKES.

WHEN HE LANDED HE PUSHED ON THE RIGHT RUDDER PEDAL BUT INADVERTENTLY ACTUATED THE RIGHT BRAKE AND THE AIRPLANE SWERVED TO THE RIGHT. CORRECTIONS RESULTED IN A GROUND LOOP WHICH DAMAGED THE RIGHT WING AND RIGHT LANDING GEAR.