# Incident 20220521008129I: Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1B, Seldovia, AK, May 21, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2022, 16:30 local time
- Place: Seldovia, AK
- Airport: Seldovia
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.4395° N, 151.7104° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seldovia, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.4395&lon=-151.7104&mi=10
- Aircraft: N305AM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N305AM-2023-08-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat A-1B (registry code 2210406, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-a-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT AIRCRAFT INC A-1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,354 total, 55 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220521008129I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 21, 2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 16:30 LOCAL TIME, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AN AVIAT A-1B HUSKY, RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING A CROSSWIND LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND CAME TO REST INVERTED IN APPROXIMATELY 1.5 FEET OF WATER.  THERE WAS ONE PERSON ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WITH NO INJURIES REPORTED.

PILOT STATED: LISTENED TO ASOS ON ARRIVAL TO PASO (SELDOVIA, AK) AND WIND CONDITIONS WERE WITHIN STATED PILOT AND AIRCRAFT LIMITATIONS, BUT LATER REPORTED AS: 03008G20 350V110 . PILOT ENTERED THE PATTERN FOR RWY 34 UPON LANDING FLARE AND SUBSEQUENT TOUCHDOWN ENCOUNTERED A SUDDEN CHANGE OF WIND DIRECTION AS WELL AS A GUST FROM THE RIGHT.  PILOT WAS UNABLE TO COUNTERACT THE DRIFT.  PILOT STARTED A GO AROUND AND REALIZED THAT THE DRIFT TO THE LEFT INCREASED DANGER OF IMPACTING TREES.  ABORTED THE GO AROUND, SLID OVER THE EMBANKMENT AND INTO ABOUT 1.5 FEET OF WATER AND ENDED UP INVERTED.  NO PASSENGERS WERE ON BOARD AND NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED TO THE PILOT.

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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