# Incident 20120525011179I: Cessna 172, Dillingham, AK, May 25, 2012 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: May 25, 2012, 22:45 local time - Place: Dillingham, AK - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Taxi - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 59.0397° N, 158.4575° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dillingham, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.0397&lon=-158.4575&mi=10 - Aircraft: N7137T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7137T) (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 - Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 990 total, 320 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120525011179I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON THE EVENING OF MAY 25 PILOT WENT FOR A PLEASURE FLIGHT WITH 1 PASSENGER. OPENED A FLIGHT PLAN WITH DILLINGHAM FLIGHT SERVICE. WHILE FLYING PILOT DECIDED TO GO DOWN TO CAPE CONSTANTINE AND AMENDED FLIGHT PLAN TO REFLECT THAT. PILOT DID SEVERAL UNEVENTFUL BEACH LANDINGS. THE WIND WAS BLOWING APPROXIMATELY 10-15 KNOTS ALONG THE BEACH. AFTER LANDING PILOT FOUND THE BEACH A BIT SOFT AHEAD OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ATTEMPTED TO BACK TAXI. PILOT TURNED THE AIRPLANE AROUND BY HAND AND STARTED THE AIRCRAFT. IT TOOK A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF POWER BUT THE AIRCRAFT STARTED MOVING. DURING THE TAXI THE NOSE WHEEL BEGAN TO SINK INTO THE SAND AND PILOT PULLED THE THROTTLE BACK AS THE PROP STRUCK THE SAND. PILOT SHUT OFF THE MAGS AND THE MASTER SWITCH AND PASSENGER AND PILOT GOT OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT LIFTED THE NOSE WHEEL OUT OF THE HOLE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND THAT THE PROP WAS VERY BENT. PILOT BEGAN TO TRY TO REACH SOMEONE ON THE RADIO. ACTIVATED ELT AND A BORROWED SPOT DEVICE AND BEGAN TO TRY TO CONTACT AIRCRAFT ON 121.5. PILOT CONTACTED A FEW AIRCRAFT THAT RELAYED LOCATION, CONDITION AND REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE. RECEIVED A RELAYED MESSAGE THAT SOMEONE WOULD BE OUT FOR PICK UP IN THE MORNING. PILOT AND PASSENGER PICKED UP.AIRCRAFT PROP REPLACED AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO DILLINGHAM ON SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT. ## Other reports on N7137T (3) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20210716010789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210716010789A), Jul 16, 2021: Cessna 172 (N7137T), Skwentna, AK, Substantial damage. On 16 July 2021 at about 1230 AKDT, the pilot of N7137T, a Cessna 172 incurred substantial damage during Takeoff from gravel bar on mile 8 or 9 of the yentna… - [Incident 19960327005289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960327005289I), Mar 27, 1996: Cessna 172 (N7137T), Mcgrath, AK, Minor damage. Narrative: this investigation was downgraded from an accident to an incident by george kobelnyk of NTSB. The pilot stated that on a shallow climb out from… - [Accident 19941225044029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941225044029A), Dec 25, 1994: Cessna 172 (N7137T), Unalakleet, AK, Substantial damage. Struck snowbank on taxi for takeoff. Nosed down. 25KNOT crosswind blew plane into large crate. Crosswind excessive. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.