Pilot Debrief

AVIAT AIRCRAFT INC A-1B near Chisana, AK — 2025-08-02

Final reportANC25LA083
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Date
2025-08-02
Location
Chisana, AK, USA
Aircraft
AVIAT AIRCRAFT INC A-1B
Registration
N900HY
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
None
Fatalities
0

Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from terrain while maneuvering at low altitude.

NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he was flying low-level over various remote gravel bars looking for a suitable one to land on. During a low pass over a gravel bar, the airplane’s tailwheel impacted an area of rough, uneven terrain, which pivoted the nose of the airplane down, resulting in a hard, inadvertent landing. The main landing gear wheels subsequently impacted a 3 ft high gravel berm, and the main landing gear collapsed resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage and left wing lift struts. A postaccident examination of the landing gear by the NTSB investigator-in-charge revealed all fractures in the landing gear were from overload forces from the hard landing.

NTSB coding

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