# Incident 20100628037609I: Cessna 182B, Seward, AK, June 28, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2010, 21:17 local time
- Place: Seward, AK
- Airport: Harris Bay Beach
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.1232° N, 149.3917° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seward, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.1232&lon=-149.3917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7269E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7269E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182B (registry code 2072706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,127 total, 196 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100628037609I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED ON SAND/GRAVEL BEACH AFTER COMPLETING AN OVERFLIGHT OF THE LANDING AREA, BOUNCING THE MAIN GEAR ON THE LANDING AREA AND OBSERVING TIRE MARKS.  DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT THE NOSE GEAR SANK INTO A SOFT SPOT ON THE BEACH.  THE PROP STRUCK THE SAND.   AIRCRAFT WAS NOT ABLE TO BE MOVED TO A FIRMER SURFACE BEFORE THE TIDE FLOODED THE AREA.

## Other reports on N7269E (1)

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

- [Accident 19971012031239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971012031239A), Oct 12, 1997: Cessna 182B (N7269E), Palmer, AK, Substantial damage. Nosed over landing short of gravel bar. Equipped with tundra tires.

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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