# Accident 20210124001949A: Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1B, Mooresville, NC, January 24, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 2021, 14:30 local time
- Place: Mooresville, NC
- Airport: Lake Norman Airpark
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6139° N, 80.8994° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE NORMAN AIRPARK (14A), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6139&lon=-80.8994&mi=10
- Aircraft: N480F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N480F-2022-12-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat A-1B (registry code 2210406, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-a-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A1P (registry code 42259, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT AIRCRAFT INC A-1B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A1P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 50 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210124001949A

## Narrative

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

THE AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT FLIPPED AND CAME TO REST INVERTED IN THE WATER WHEN THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO PERFORM A TOUCH AND GO ON THE LAKE WITH THE LANDING GEAR (WHEELS) EXTENDED.

THE PILOT STATED THERE WERE NO KNOWN MECHANICAL ISSUES WITH THE AIRCRAFT.

THIS WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT AFTER AN ANNUAL INSPECTION AND A 14 CFR 91.411 & 91.413 TEST AND INSPECTION WERE PERFORMED.

POST - CRASH INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS DOWN (WHEELS EXTENDED). THE PITOT TUBE WAS ALSO FOUND TO BE WRAPPED WITH TAPE IN A MANNER THAT MAY HAVE AFFECTED THE AIRFLOW INTO THE COMPONENT.

## 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

## Other reports on N480F (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20060911019629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060911019629I), Sep 11, 2006: Aviat A1B (N480F), Albemarle, NC, Minor damage. (-23) 09/11/06 @ 1412, N480F, a husky-A-1B, enroute from clt, charlotte, NC to vuj, stanley county airport, had a propeller strike after arrival to rwy 4…

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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