# Incident 20120704013289I: Cessna U206G, Homer, AK, July 4, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2012, 09:55 local time
- Place: Homer, AK
- Airport: Perl Beach
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: X53A
- Location: 59.6404° N, 151.5091° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Homer, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.6404&lon=-151.5091&mi=10
- Aircraft: N734JM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N734JM-2013-07-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206G (registry code 2073356, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 104 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120704013289I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND A/C ON PERL BEACH STRIP (ABOVE TIDE LINE) AND FOUND IT TO BE OVER GROWN WITH BRUSH. THEN HE EVALUATED THE BEACH AND DETERMINED IT TO BE SAFE FOR LANDING. AFTER DEPLANEING THE PASSENGERS, THE PILOT AND THE NEW PILOT (RECEIVING TRAINING FOR BEACH LANDINGS), THEN WALKED THE BEACH TO DETERMINE THE TAKE-OFF TERRAIN, SATISFIED THEY STARTED THE ENGINE AND STARTED TAXING. THEY THEN STARTED THEIR LINE UP TO TAKE OFF WHEN THE A/C SANK IN THE SAND. UNABLE TO FREE THE A/C IN TIME THE TIDE CAME IN AND COVERED THE A/C AND ACTIVATED THE ELT.. WHEN THE TIDE RECEDED THE A/C WENT WITH IT AND IS BEING TRACKED, FOLLOWING THE ELT SIGNAL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE CREW WAS RECOVERED.

## Other reports on N734JM (1)

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

- [Accident 20100305028979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100305028979A), Mar 5, 2010: Cessna U206G (N734JM), Nanwalek, AK, Substantial damage. Airman was approaching to land on runway O1 to the north. Pilot stated that his base leg to final was normal. On final approach, pilot stated the aircraft…

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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