Aviat A-1 N801JH

Summary

On 15 September 2024 at about 12:30 local time, a Aviat A-1 registered N801JH was involved in an accident near Carrollton, Ohio, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

15 September 2024 at 12:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Carrollton, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Carroll County-Tolson Airport (TSO)

Coordinates

40.0000, -81.0000

Aircraft

Aviat A-1

Registration

N801JH

Category

Airplane

Year built

1995

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA24LA383

Nobody was injured.

A failure of the left main landing gear due to fatigue cracking, which resulted the airplane’s left wing contacting the ground.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that after landing, inbound traffic was behind him, and he felt rushed to clear the runway and park the airplane. While taxiing to the ramp, the left main wheel rolled off the taxiway surface and into the grass. The left main landing gear’s axle separated from the landing gear leg, the airplane tipped over to the left, and the left wing struck the ground and was substantially damaged. Examination of photographs of the landing gear leg and axle fracture surfaces showed that they displayed indications of fatigue cracking that likely initiated at the toe of the weld that attached the axle to the leg.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.