# Incident 20191022017149I: Cessna 180H, Nikiski, AK, October 22, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2019, 11:00 local time
- Place: Nikiski, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.6903° N, 151.2889° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nikiski, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.6903&lon=-151.2889&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7904V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7904V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180H (registry code 2072618, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180H
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191022017149I

## Narrative

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

PIC AND PASSENGER WERE GOING DUCK HUNTING NEAR THE MACARTHUR RIVER (NW OF NIKISKI). THEY FLEW OVER THE LANDING SPOT SEVERAL TIMES, THEY TOUCHED DOWN AND DRAGGED THE LANDING GEAR FOR ABOUT 800 FEET. PIC DETERMINED IT WAS SAFE TO LAND, WHICH HE DID WITH NO PROBLEMS. UPON BACK TAXI TO REPOSITION THE PLANE FOR TAKE OFF THE PIC HIT A SOFT SPOT ON THE GRAVEL BAR AND NOSED THE AIRCRAFT OVER CAUSING A PROP STRIKE. THE DAMAGE TO THE PROP WAS MINIMAL. THERE WAS ALSO MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LOWER ENGINE COWL. THE PIC CALLED NORHTERN PIONEER AND HAD THE AIRCRAFT LIFTED FROM THE INCIDENT LOCATION TO LAKE HOOD.

## Other reports on N7904V (3)

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

- [Accident 20001109016279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001109016279A), Nov 9, 2000: Cessna 180H (N7904V), Long Lake, NY, No damage. (-23) On landing on a dirt unimproved strip, heading approximately northwest, a/c hit hard, bounced and drifted to the right, going through rocks and brush.…
- [Accident 19881111050439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881111050439A), Nov 11, 1988: Cessna 180H (N7904V), Eureka, CA, Substantial damage. On water takeoff, encountered pilings, tried to pull up to miss same and stalled the left wing. Struck pilings.
- [Incident 19880102002849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880102002849I), Jan 2, 1988: Cessna 180H (N7904V), Ketchikan, AK. Engine running rough. Emergency landing. On landing, engine seized and stopped runing.

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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