# Incident 20030927026769I: Cessna 150M, Yakutat, AK, September 27, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2003, 18:30 local time
- Place: Yakutat, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N9408U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9408U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030927026769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WEATHER WAS DETERIORATING, MR. HOHMAN WAS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE WEATHER, DECIDED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON WHAT HE EVALUATED TO BE AN ACCEPTABLE BEACH, AFTER LANDING, WITHOUT INCIDENT, HE DECIDED TO TAXI HIGHER UP ON THE BEACH TO PROTECT THE AIRCRAFT FROM AN INCOMING TIDE. WHILE TAXIING UP THE BEACH ONE WHEEL SANK INTO A SOFT SPOT CAUSING THE WING TIP TO CONTACT THE GROUND AND THE PROPELLER TO CONTACT THE LOOSE GRAVEL CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROP AND PLASTIC WING TIP.

## Other reports on N9408U (1)

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

- [Accident 19780222004219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780222004219A), Feb 22, 1978: Cessna 150M (N9408U), Lockport, IL, Substantial damage

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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