# Incident 19980715035779I: Cessna 180, Yakutat, AK, July 15, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1998
- Place: Yakutat, AK
- Airport: Yakutat
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: E4HA
- Location: 59.5469° N, 139.7272° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yakutat, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.5469&lon=-139.7272&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9453C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9453C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980715035779I

## Narrative

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

(-5) TURNOUT AFTER END OF LANDING ROLL-OUT, HIT SOFT SAND AND NOSED THE AIRCRAFT SLOWLY OVER ONTO PROPELLER. ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND PROP WAS NOT ROTATING BY THE TIME PROP CONTACTED GROUND. NO INJURIES.

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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