# Incident 20210912018299I: Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1B, Winton, NC, September 12, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2021, 11:15 local time
- Place: Winton, NC
- Airport: Rat Landing Seaplane Base
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3900° N, 76.9111° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Rat Landing Seaplane Base (NC18), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3900&lon=-76.9111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555XP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N555XP) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 18 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210912018299I

## Narrative

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

THE OPERATOR WAS PRACTICING WATER LANDINGS WHEN AFTER TAKING OFF AT 250 FT. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH.  HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE WATER AND RETARDED THE POWER AND THE ENGINE QUIT. AFTER SEVERAL FAILED ATTEMPTS TO RESTART, HE WAS GOING TO PADDLE THE PLANE IN. HE BEGAN TO SEE FUEL DRIPPING FROM THE COWLING AND INSTRUCTED THE OTHER PERSON ON THE PLANE TO DO A FLOOD START. THE AIRCRAFT STARTED AND THEN QUIT AGAIN. THE OPERATOR THE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE COWLING. HE GRABBED HIS EXTINGUISHER, OPENED THE COWLING BUT HE COULD NOT PUT THE FIRE OUT. A LOCAL FISHERMAN CAME TO TOW THEM BACK HOME AND THE FIRE BURNED OUT.  IT WAS CONTAINED TO THE CARBURETOR.

## Other reports on N555XP (1)

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

- [Accident 20110414006789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110414006789A), Apr 14, 2011: Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1B (N555XP), Burgaw, NC, Substantial damage. After flying in the front seat from ilm to southport, NC (departed ilm at about 3:30 pm local time) and doing one full stop landing, we flew to Stag airpark…

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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