# Incident 19830820052369I: Cessna 182C, Homer, AK, August 20, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1983, 12:00 local time
- Place: Homer, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.6404° N, 151.5091° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Homer, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.6404&lon=-151.5091&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71724, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71724-2016-05-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182M (registry code 2072728, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 700 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830820052369I

## Narrative

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

NOSE WHEEL HIT A HOLE WHILE TAXIING ON A BEACH. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. EXPIRED MEDICAL CERTIFICATE.

## Other reports on N71724 (1)

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

- [Accident 19870617020699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870617020699A), Jun 17, 1987: Cessna 182M (N71724), Theodore River, AK, Substantial damage. During takeoff from a gravel road, the aircraft struck a culvert, became airborne and struck a stump on touchdown.

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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