# Incident 20000806020599I: Cessna 180, Skwenta, AK, August 6, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2000, 08:30 local time
- Place: Skwenta, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N4955A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4955A-2012-12-18) (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: 710 total, 230 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000806020599I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE PILOT WAS PREPARING TO LAND ON A BEACH AT LAKE CREEK AND THE YENTNA RIVER. HE STATED THAT HE DID TWO FLY BY'S TO INSPECT THE LANDING AREA.  JUST AFTER TOUCH DOWN, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR HIT A PIECE OF DRIFT WOOD.  THE AIRCRAFT PULLED TO THE RIGHT SLIGHTLY, THE TAIL TIPPED UP, AND THE NOSE TIPPED DOWN WHERE THE PROPELLER MADE CONTACT WITH THE GRAVEL SURFACE.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD NOT SEEN THE DRIFTWOOD PRIOR TO RUNNING OVER IT.  THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OTHER THAN THE PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N4955A (4)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20110527009869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110527009869A), May 27, 2011: Cessna 180 (N4955A), Birchwood, AK, Destroyed, 5 fatal. On may 27, 2011, about 1000 Alaska daylight time, (AKDT), a conventional wheel equipped Cessna 180 airplane, N4955A, was destroyed shortly after takeoff from…
- [Accident 20001214041839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001214041839A), Dec 14, 2000: Cessna 180 (N4955A), Birchwood, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) This matter is still under investigation. An amendment will be submitted when more information is obtained.
- [Accident 19981015035509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981015035509A), Oct 15, 1998: Cessna 180 (N4955A), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. (.19) On October 15, 1998, about 0830 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped Cessna 180 airplane, N4955A, sustained substantial damage while landing at an off…
- [Incident 19940410023839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940410023839I), Apr 10, 1994: Cessna 180 (N4955A), Kenai, AK, Minor damage. Aircraft veered right on landing,over corrected left rudder and brake. Tipped over on nose and left wing.

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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