# Incident 20180511013649I: Daniel R Dufault DENALI CUB, Phippsburg, ME, May 11, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 2018, 19:15 local time
- Place: Phippsburg, ME
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8206° N, 69.8148° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phippsburg, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8206&lon=-69.8148&mi=10
- Aircraft: N838A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N838A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Daniel R Dufault DENALI CUB (registry code 05635X6, https://openairdocs.org/model/daniel-r-dufault-denali-cub) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Aerotec O-320 series (registry code 63203, https://openairdocs.org/engine/aerotec-o-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DANIEL R DUFAULT DENALI CUB
- Reported engine: AEROTEC 0-320
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 230 total, 150 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180511013649I

## Narrative

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

N838A DEPARTED THE SPURWICK FARM AIRFIELD (TURF) IN CAPE ELIZABETH, MAINE, FOR A VFR FLIGHT ALONG THE COAST OF MAINE. OVER THE PHIPPSBURG, MAINE AREA PIC NOTICED THAT THE FRONT RIGHT COWING FASTENER HAD COME UNDONE.  PILOT DECIDED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON POPHAM BEACH TO FIX THE COWLING. PILOT ELECTED TO LAND ON THE BEACH, THE INITIAL CONTACT POINT APPEARED TO BE ON FIRM SAND, AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED, THE SAND BECAME SOFTER AND THE FRONT WHEELS SANK IN SOFT SAND.  THE TAIL LIFTED OFF THE GROUND AND THE NOSE CONTACTED THE SAND. THE AIRCRAFT ENDED UP ON IT'S BACK.

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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