# Incident 19960601021679I: Maule M4220C, Homer, AK, June 1, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 1996, 21:10 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: N40301 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M4220C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 800 in this make and model, 900 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960601021679I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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