# Accident 20190728012879A: Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1C-200, Aspen, CO, July 28, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2019, 09:56 local time
- Place: Aspen, CO
- Airport: Aspen Pitkin County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2232° N, 106.8690° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) (ASE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2232&lon=-106.8690&mi=10
- Aircraft: N245WY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N245WY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat A-1C-200 (registry code 2210411, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-a-1c-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1D6 (registry code 41822, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1d6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT AIRCRAFT INC A-1C-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-A1D6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 30 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190728012879A

## Narrative

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

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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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