# Incident 20050926026149I: Cessna 172, Yakutat, AK, September 26, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 2005, 12:00 local time
- Place: Yakutat, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- 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: N19WS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N19WS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 852 total, 150 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050926026149I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT WAS A FERRY FLIGHT FROM CHATTANOOGA, TN TO ANCHORAGE, AK. FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL AND APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES EAST OF YAKUTAT, AN INTEREST WAS INITIATED TO LAND ON A BEACH AT THE MOUTH OF THE SITUK RIVER. (THE PASSENGER WAS A FRIEND AND ALSO AN ARMY BLACKHAWK PILOT IN THE SAME UNIT WITH THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^). WEATHER WAS CLEAR, BLUE SKY, UNLIMITED VISIBILITY, APPROXIMATELY MIDDAY. FOLLOWING A PASS OVER THE BEACH AT 10 FEET TO OBSERVE THE BEACH CONDITIONS AND ASSESS THE WIND, A DECISION TO LAND WAS MADE. AFTER LIGHTLY TOUCHING DOWN, POWER WAS ADDED BACK IN, CLIMBING TO ABOUT 10 FEET, EVALUATED, AND LANDED AGAIN. A LONG ROLL OUT WAS PERFORMED AND THE PASSENGER WAS ASKED TO LOOK BACK AND OBSERVE THE DEPTH OF THE TRACKS. EVERYTHING SEEMED TO LOOK GOOD AND POWER WAS REDUCED, AND DURING THE ROLL OUT, THE NOSE WHEEL DUG INTO THE SAND ABRUPTLY. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE SAND AND STOPPED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED VERY SLIGHT DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE COWL, NOSE LANDING GEAR HAD A COUPLE BROKEN BOLTS, AND THE PROPELLER WAS BENT. NO INJURIES. PROPELLER WAS REPLACED, NOSE LANDING GEAR BOLTED BACK, AND FERRY PERMIT WAS ISSUED FOR FLIGHT TO ANCHORAGE (MERRILL FIELD) FOR PERMANENT REPAIRS.

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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