# Incident 20150711013399I: Cessna 180K, Tyonek, AK, July 11, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2015, 19:30 local time
- Place: Tyonek, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.0681° N, 151.1369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tyonek, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.0681&lon=-151.1369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2805K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2805K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180K (registry code 2072624, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 794 total, 748 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150711013399I

## Narrative

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

AFTER MAKING LOW PASS AT REMOTE STRIP, PILOT MADE ANOTHER PASS TO DRAG TIRES AND EVALUATE STRIP.  AFTER TOUCHDOWN SLIGHTLY LONG AND VERY SOFT SAND SLOWING A/C MORE THAN EXPECTED, GO-AROUND WAS INITIATED.  RISING TERRAIN ON DEPARTURE END PREVENTED TURN OUT OF VALLEY AND WAS TOO STEEP TO CLIMB OVER SO PILOT SET A/C DOWN ON SIDE OF RISING TERRAIN.  DURING TOUCHDOWN ON SLOPE, PROP TIP MADE CONTACT WITH GROUND.  NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.   DUE TO BENT PROP, PILOT ELECTED TO NOT FLY OUT.  PILOT AND 1 PAX RECOVERED AND AIRCRAFT SLUNG BY HELO TO PAWS.

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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