# Incident 20090516025189I: Cessna 182A, Dry Bay, AK, May 16, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2009, 13:25 local time
- Place: Dry Bay, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N2054G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2054G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 100 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090516025189I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 16, 2009, ABOUT 1325 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 182A, N2054G, NOSED DOWN ON A LOOSE AND SANDY BEACH DURING AN OFF AIRPORT PRECAUTIONARY LANDING FOLLOWING A PARTIAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AT DRY BAY, ALASKA. THE PILOT WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91. THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, NOSE GEAR STRUT, AND LOWER ENGINE COWLING. THE PERSONAL CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT WAS IN A DESCENT WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH. CARBURETOR HEAT WAS APPLIED AND THE ENGINE BECAME ROUGHER.  THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT ON THE BEACH.  DURING TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE WHEEL DUG INTO THE SAND AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME UP UPON ITS NOSE.  A MECHANIC FROM YAKUTAT, ALASKA REPLACED THE PROPELLER AND DAMAGED NOSE GEAR STRUT AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN TO YAKUTAT FOR FURTHER REPAIR VIA SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT.

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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