NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC25LA083
Registry · N900HY
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
AVIAT AIRCRAFT INC A-1B
Year of manufacture
2006 · 19 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING IO-360-A1D6 (200 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20060809
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC6FF2
Registrant of record
VEAL JEFFREY S
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Probable cause & findings
The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from terrain while maneuvering at low altitude.
Factual 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. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12
NTSB Findings
Hierarchical cause / factor breakdown from the FAA bulk avdata database. Each finding tagged C (Cause) or F (Factor).
- — Personnel issues-Action/decision-Info processing/decision-Decision making/judgment-Pilot
- — Personnel issues-Psychological-Attention/monitoring-Attention-Pilot
- — Personnel issues-Psychological-Perception/orientation/illusion-Situational awareness-Pilot
- — Personnel issues-Action/decision-Info processing/decision-Identification/recognition-Pilot
- — Personnel issues-Psychological-Personality/attitude-Self confidence-Pilot
- — Personnel issues-Task performance-Use of equip/info-Aircraft control-Pilot
- — Aircraft-Aircraft oper/perf/capability-Aircraft capability-(general)-Capability exceeded
- — Aircraft-Aircraft oper/perf/capability-Performance/control parameters-Altitude-Not attained/maintained
- — Environmental issues-Physical environment-Terrain-Rough terrain-Effect on equipment
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_2025_ANC25LA083.txt.
Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb.
Full investigation docket on
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