# Incident 19780805050189I: Cessna 172, Kotzebue, AK, August 5, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1978, 13:30 local time
- Place: Kotzebue, AK
- Airport: Sheshalik
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 66.8868° N, 162.4917° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kotzebue, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.8868&lon=-162.4917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84460, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84460-1999-01-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 300 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780805050189I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NOSE SANK IN SOFT SAND WHILE TAXIING, AIRCRAFT NOSED UP.

## Other reports on N84460 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19951201047769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951201047769A), Dec 1, 1995: Cessna 172K (N84460), Lovingston, VA, Substantial damage. Landed short grass strip. Quartering 20KNOT tailwind. Overran runway down embankment into trees.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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