# Incident 20180408003379I: Piper PA-11, Chenega, AK, April 8, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2018, 15:30 local time
- Place: Chenega, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.0919° N, 147.9947° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chenega, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.0919&lon=-147.9947&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78635, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78635) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-11 (registry code 7101102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-11
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,642 total, 1,642 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180408003379I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING THE LANDING TO THE SAND BEACH, THE SOFT SAND "CAUGHT HIM BY SURPRISE" AND THE PROPELLER IMPACTED THE SAND. HE REPORTED THAT DURING THE LANDING SEQUENCE, HE SHOULD HAVE APPLIED POWER, BUT APPLIED THE BRAKES INSTEAD WHICH RESULTED IN THE PROPELLER IMPACTING THE SAND. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING THE LANDING SEQUENCE, THERE WAS A "LITTLE QUARTERING CROSSWIND." THE PILOT REPORTED THIS OCCURRED BECAUSE OF "PILOT ERROR." THE 406 MHZ ELT WAS ACTIVATED (59 58.604N, 147 22.945W), AND THE PILOT WAS RECOVERED BY A USAF HH-60G.

## Other reports on N78635 (4)

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

- [Incident 20130711014749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130711014749I), Jul 11, 2013: Piper PA-11 (N78635), Montague Island, AK, Minor damage. While attempting takeoff from a sandy beach the aircraft ended up in the water.
- [Accident 20110811022439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110811022439A), Aug 11, 2011: Piper PA-11 (N78635), Montague Island, AK, Minor damage. Aircraft flipped over at the end of the landing rollout. Local fishermen helped the pilot upright the aircraft. A ferry permit was issued to relocate the…
- [Accident 20000817042599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000817042599A), Aug 17, 2000: Piper PA11 (N78635), Maclead Harbor, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On August 16, 2000, about 2030 Alaska daylight time, N78635, a Piper PA-11, sustained substantial damage to the left wing and empennage during a landing…
- [Accident 19791216031869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791216031869A), Dec 16, 1979: Piper PA11 (N78635), Montague Island, AK, Substantial damage. Landed on a beach. Aircraft struck snow drift on rollout. Flipped 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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