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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 140 · Kulukak Bay, AK · July 16, 1996

Date
July 16, 1996 · 12:05 local
Place
Kulukak Bay, AK
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N89923
Reported as
Cessna 140
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,700 total550 in this make and model360 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: on July 16, 1996, at about 1205 adt a wheel equipped Cessna 140, N89923 registered to joann m. livermont, privacy data omitted and piloted by arthur e. livermont was involved in a landing incident on a beach near cape constantine . According to the pilot he made a touch and go to "feel" the firmness of the beach. He then made a landing. When the aircraft bogged down, he gave it power and it continued to "bog" down. Then he "chopped" the power and dug in the tail wheel and stopped the prop vertically. The aircraft then slowly nosed over in the soft sand. There were no injuries to the pilot, the sole occupant. However, one prop blade was bent, a skylight was broken and the door hinge was broken. Mr. Livermont told me, he went out to check the airplane the following day and noticed that the tide lines was near his aircraft so he decided to fly it out. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 16, 1996, AT ABOUT 1205 ADT A WHEEL EQUIPPED CESSNA 140, N89923 REGISTERED TO JOANN M. LIVERMONT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND PILOTED BY ARTHUR E. LIVERMONT WAS INVOLVED IN A LANDING INCIDENT ON A BEACH NEAR CAPE CONSTANTINE . ACCORDING TO THE PILOT HE MADE A TOUCH AND GO TO "FEEL" THE FIRMNESS OF THE BEACH. HE THEN MADE A LANDING. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT BOGGED DOWN, HE GAVE IT POWER AND IT CONTINUED TO "BOG" DOWN. THEN HE "CHOPPED" THE POWER AND DUG IN THE TAIL WHEEL AND STOPPED THE PROP VERTICALLY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN SLOWLY NOSED OVER IN THE SOFT SAND. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT. HOWEVER, ONE PROP BLADE WAS BENT, A SKYLIGHT WAS BROKEN AND THE DOOR HINGE WAS BROKEN. MR. LIVERMONT TOLD ME, HE WENT OUT TO CHECK THE AIRPLANE THE FOLLOWING DAY AND NOTICED THAT THE TIDE LINES WAS NEAR HIS AIRCRAFT SO HE DECIDED TO FLY IT OUT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^