# Incident 20230113001099I: Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1C-180, El Paso, TX, January 13, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 2023, 16:05 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7587° N, 106.4869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Paso, TX, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7587&lon=-106.4869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52LL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52LL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat A-1C-180 (registry code 2210410, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-a-1c-180) (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-1C-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A1P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 530 total, 85 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230113001099I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 19, 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 1605 MST, AN AVIAT A-1C-180 FIXED-WING SINGLE-ENGINE AIRCRAFT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT AT THE EL PASO, TX, INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, KELP. DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT ON RWY 26R, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN VEERING TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY AND TIPPED OVER ONTO THE NOSE CAUSING A PROPELLOR STRIKE. THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS A PERSONAL VFR CROSS-COUNTRY SIGHT-SEEING TRIP. NO FAA FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN PHOENIX, AZ, EARLIER IN THE DAY. THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED MINOR DAMAGE DURING THE RESULTING PROPELLOR STRIKE. THE PILOT, AN FAA COMMERCIAL-RATED PILOT AND CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR IN AIRPLANES, STATED HE BEGAN CORRECTING TO THE RIGHT AS THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT IN A STRONG GUSTY CROSSWIND AND THAT HE ACCIDENTLY APPLIED TOE-BRAKES AND TIPPED OVER ONTO THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT STRIKING THE RUNWAY WITH THE PROPELLOR. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, WAS NOT INJURED.

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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