# Incident 20070318007439I: Cessna A185F, Sitka, AK, March 18, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 2007
- Place: Sitka, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 57.0531° N, 135.3300° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sitka, AK, within about 30 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.0531&lon=-135.3300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3332S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3332S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070318007439I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER ON TAXI AFTER LANDING ON BEACH. PROP STOPPED IN SAND. MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N3332S (2)

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

- [Accident 19920328007639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920328007639A), Mar 28, 1992: Cessna A185F (N3332S), Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. Landed by mistake on snow covered frozen canal and nosed over. Canal parallels runway. Believed runway was taxiway.
- [Accident 19800516016759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800516016759A), May 16, 1980: Cessna 185 (N3332S), Kenai, AK, Substantial damage. Landed on sand-strip with light cover of snow. Wheel hit snow covered hole. Airplane nosed over.

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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