NTSB LAX95LA284 — 1995-08-09 · ELKO, Nevada, United States

Current FAA registration · N12TQ

Make / Model: AVIAT INC A-1
Year of manufacture: 1994 · 1 years old at event
Engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines: 2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date: 19940714
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S A05311

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N12TQ Aviat A-1 None

Probable cause & findings

the pilot's misjudged landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

Factual narrative

On August 9, 1995, at 1457 Pacific daylight time, an Aviat A-1, N12TQ, sustained structural damage following a hard landing and loss of directional control at Elko, Nevada. The aircraft was owned and operated by the pilot and was on a local area personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft sustained substantial damage. Neither the certificated private pilot nor his one passenger was injured. The flight originated at the Elko Municipal Airport on the day of the accident at 1400 as a local flight. The pilot reported that he made a hard landing and the left tire blew out. He subsequently lost directional control and veered off the right hand side of the runway, damaging the aircraft structure at the landing gear attach point. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE MADE A HARD LANDING AND THE LEFT TIRE BLEW OUT. HE SUBSEQUENTLY LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND VEERED OFF THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, DAMAGING THE AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE AT THE LANDING GEAR ATTACH POINT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1995_LAX95LA284.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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