# Accident 20150719014049A: Cessna 150G, Nunivak Island, AK, July 19, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2015, 20:30 local time
- Place: Nunivak Island, AK
- Airport: Mekoryuk
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.3850° N, 166.2689° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.3850&lon=-166.2689&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3392J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3392J-2018-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC15CA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC15CA058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150719014049A

## Narrative

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

ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING UNDER 14 CFR PART 91, AND WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON A BEACH DURING LOW TIDE.  THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.  THE PILOT?S SECOND CLASS MEDICAL WAS ISSUED ON 11/06/2014.

THIS FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM MEKORYUK AIRPORT (MYU), MEKORYUK ALASKA ON NUNIVAK ISLAND ALASKA WITH THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER ABOARD.  THE INTENDED LANDING AREA WAS A BEACH LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES EASE-SOUTHEAST OF MYU.   THE PILOT PLANNED THE LANDING AT AN AREA THAT HAS BEEN USED FOR LANDING IN THE PAST DURING LOW TIDES.  IN THIS AREA THE LOW TIDE ON 19 JULY WAS 1838 AT 0.6FT.  AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE TIDE WAS FLOODING TO A HIGH TIDE OF 4.2FT AT 0059 20 JUL 2015.  WEATHER REPORTED FROM THE PILOT WAS 2300 OVERCAST, VISIBILITY 10 MILES, WINDS SSW AT 10 KTS.

THE PILOT REPORTED A ROUTINE LANDING SEQUENCE AND WHILE ON ROLLOUT HIT A SOFT SAND AREA CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER COMING TO REST INVERTED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC15CA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC15CA058), Jul 20, 2015: Cessna 150G (N3392J), Mekoryuk, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper decision to land on an unsuitable landing surface which resulted in a nose over.

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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