# Accident 20241027015749A: Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1B, Montague Island, AK, October 27, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 2024, 16:40 local time
- Place: Montague Island, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.9097° N, 147.6831° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.9097&lon=-147.6831&mi=10
- Aircraft: N307AM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N307AM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat A-1B (registry code 2210406, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-a-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT AIRCRAFT INC A-1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 429 total, 81 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC25LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241027015749A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED PAMR FOR ROUTINE FLIGHT TO MONTAGUE ISLAND DIRECT - CRUISE CLIMB TO APPROXIMATELY 6800' - CROSSED WATER, SLOW DESCENT TO 2000' TO APPROACH BEACH AND ENSURE GLIDE DISTANCE TO LAND. SLOW STRAIGHT DESCENT TO BEACH LANDING PARALLEL TO OCEAN. TOUCHED DOWN IN 3 POINT ATTITUDE. TAILWHEEL EMBEDDED IN SAND AND WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DUE TO TAIL TRACKING DIFFERENTLY THAN MAINS AND RESULTS IN GROUND LOOP WITH LIGHT ABRASION TO RIGHT WING. INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AND DETERMINED TO BE SUPERFICIAL. DEPARTED BEACH FOR TOUCH AND GOS. ON FIRST TOUCH AND GO, FLARED SIGNIFICANTLY EARLY CAUSING STALL 10-20' ABOVE BEACH SURFACE. HARD IMPACT ON SURFACE WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL, NOSED OVER AND BECAME INVERTED. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO WINGS, STRUTS, STABILIZER, LANDING GEAR, WIND SCREEN. PILOT WAS PICKED UP BY GOOD SAMARITAN AND FLOWN TO SEWARD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC25LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA007), Oct 27, 2024: Aviat A1 (N307AM), Seward, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare which resulted in a hard landing, loss of directional control, and nose-over.

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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