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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182A · Ocean City, NJ · June 1, 2019

Date: June 1, 2019 · 07:45 local
Place: Ocean City, NJ
Airport: Ocean City Municipal
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3870D
Reported as: Cessna 182A
Reported engine: Continental O-470 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N3870DRegistered now · Cessna 182AS/N 34570 · Built 1957 Airframe modelCessna 182A Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

N3870D, C182, lost engine power and landed on the beach at Ocean City, NJ.

The pilot landed safely with no injuries. At the end of the landing roll the front nose gear sank into the sand and caused aircraft to stop suddenly. This caused the aircraft to pitch down and roll left causing the and left wing to impact the ground causing structural damage to the wing and sudden stoppage of the engine.

As the FAA filed it

N3870D, C182, LOST ENGINE POWER AND LANDED ON THE BEACH AT OCEAN CITY, NJ.

THE PILOT LANDED SAFELY WITH NO INJURIES. AT THE END OF THE LANDING ROLL THE FRONT NOSE GEAR SANK INTO THE SAND AND CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO STOP SUDDENLY. THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO PITCH DOWN AND ROLL LEFT CAUSING THE AND LEFT WING TO IMPACT THE GROUND CAUSING STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE WING AND SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF THE ENGINE.