# NTSB Accident WPR25LA247
> **AVIAT A1** · 2025-08-10 · Etna, WY, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR25LA247
- **Event ID:** 20250811200758
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2025-08-10
- **Location:** Etna, WY, USA
- **Coordinates:** 43.083515, -111.03175
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** AVIAT
- **Model:** A1
- **Registration:** N801RA
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot’s premature rotation at insufficient airspeed during takeoff to avoid an unexpected animal on the runway, which resulted in a loss of control and subsequent nose-over during the aborted takeoff. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s excessive brake application.

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