# Incident 19960825023909I: Cessna 177B, Pescadero, CA, August 25, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1996, 18:51 local time
- Place: Pescadero, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2449° N, 122.3789° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pescadero, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2449&lon=-122.3789&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34647, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N34647-1999-12-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177B (registry code 2073708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 240 total, 45 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960825023909I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: CESSNA N34546, OPERATED BY IGOR MIHICH SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR WHILE MAKING AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE BEACH, ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF HALF MOON BAY, CALIFORNIA. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE THREE PEOPLE ABOARD. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED AND VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED. ACCORDING TO POLICE REPORTS, THE PILOT LANDED ON GAZO BEACH, PESCADERO, CALIFORNIA WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE BEACH AND THE OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT THE TIDE CAME IN AND PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE ROCKS, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE ENGINE RPM DROPPED FROM ABOUT 2500 RPM TO 1100 RPM. IT SURGED A FEW TIMES BUT WOULD NOT RECOVER FULL RPM. HE SELECTED THE BEACH INSTEAD OF A CROWDED HIGHWAY TO LAND. HE LANDED CLOSE TO THE SURF TO AVOID PEOPLE ON THE BEACH. NO PILOT DEVIATION. NO 8010-11 FILED.

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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