# Accident 20260817011229A: Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1B, Pilot Grove, MN, August 17, 2026

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2026, 15:12 local time
- Place: Pilot Grove, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5615° N, 94.2558° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5615&lon=-94.2558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N299CA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N299CA) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 219 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN26LA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA295) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260817011229A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT AND PHOTOGRAPHER FLEW APPROXIMATELY FOUR HOURS THEN LANDED FOR A BREAK. ONE HOUR INTO THE SECOND FLIGHT THE LEFT AILERON DETACHED AT THE OUTER CONNECTION POINT AND POINTED DOWNWARD. WITH CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DIFFICULT, THE PILOT CHOSE TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN THE SOYBEAN FIELD BELOW. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IN THE FIELD AND ROLLED NEARLY THREE HUNDRED FEET WHERE THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE SOIL CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER THE NOSE AND COME TO REST INVERTED. BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL AND RELEASED; THE PHOTOGRAPHER SUFFERED MILD ABRASIONS TO HIS ARMS AND PILOT-IN-COMMAND WAS TREATED FOR SHOCK.

## 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 CEN26LA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA295), Aug 17, 2026: Aviat A-1B (N299CA), Pilot Grove, MN, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

## Other reports on N299CA (1)

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

- [Accident 20170909017729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170909017729A), Sep 9, 2017: Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1B (N299CA), Prairie Du Chie, WI, Minor damage. On 09/09/2017 pilot departed kpdc at approx 1 pm and continued photographing in Iowa. Stopped photo ops at about 1530, climed to 3,500 MSL, leveled off, and…

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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