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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Maule M4220C · Homer, AK · June 1, 1996

Date: June 1, 1996 · 21:10 local
Place: Homer, AK
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N40301
Reported as: Maule M4220C
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 900 total800 in this make and model900 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: pilot and passenger landed on a beach 10 miles east of Homer, AK. They had pushed the aircraft above the high tide line. The pilot was going to fly to another location and during taxi for departure, the left wheel hit soft sand, the tail came up and the prop struck the ground. There was no other damage. Counseled pilot on beach operation. This investigation is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT AND PASSENGER LANDED ON A BEACH 10 MILES EAST OF HOMER, AK. THEY HAD PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT ABOVE THE HIGH TIDE LINE. THE PILOT WAS GOING TO FLY TO ANOTHER LOCATION AND DURING TAXI FOR DEPARTURE, THE LEFT WHEEL HIT SOFT SAND, THE TAIL CAME UP AND THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND. THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE. COUNSELED PILOT ON BEACH OPERATION. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.