# Incident 20110820018929I: Cessna 207, Silver Salmon C, AK, August 20, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2011, 11:30 local time
- Place: Silver Salmon C, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: XDKC
- Aircraft: N900DF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N900DF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207 (registry code 2073602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 186 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110820018929I

## Narrative

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

ON 8/20/2011, AIRCRAFT SAFELY LANDED ON BEACH AT SILVER SALMON CREEK ALASKA.  AFTER SIGHTSEEING EXCURSION, DURING DEPARTURE ROLLOUT, AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT MAIN WHEEL SUNK INTO SOFT WET SAND PULLING NOSE OF AIRCRAFT TOWARDS WATER.  AIRCRAFT PROPELLER STRUCK WATER DAMAGING PROPELLER.  ONCE LEFT MAIN SUNK INTO SOFT WET SAND, AIRCRAFT WAS PULLED TO THE LEFT STOPPING WITH TAIL OF AIRCRAFT IN THE WATER.  ONLY DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS PROPELLER, HOWEVER, PROP STRIKE REQUIRES COMPLETE TEARDOWN OF ENGINE.  AIRCRAFT PROPELLER WAS REPLACED IN FIELD AND FERRIED TO NIKISKI AK ON A FERRY PERMIT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N900DF (1)

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

- [Incident 19940919043849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940919043849I), Sep 19, 1994: Cessna 207 (N900DF), Yantarni Bay, AK, Minor damage. Landed on a beach during taxi nose wheel hit soft spot. Prop hit sand.

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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