# Incident 20230618009429I: Cessna 180, Homer, AK, June 18, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2023, 14:52 local time
- Place: Homer, AK
- Airport: Homer
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.6455° N, 151.4766° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOMER (HOM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.6455&lon=-151.4766&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9466C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9466C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 350 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230618009429I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED WHILE AT CRUISE FLIGHT BETWEEN SELDOVIA AND HOMER ALASKA THE AIRCRAFT LOST ENGINE POWER.  THE PILOT REPORTED ADJUSTING THE PITCH TO MAINTAIN BEST GLIDE. THE PIC PICKED AN APPROPRIATE BEACH (HAYSTACK BEACH) TO ATTEMPT AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE ENGINE BUT THE PLANE WAS GOING DOWN FASTER THAN EXPECTED SO THE PILOT CHANGED THE EMERGENCY LANDING SPOT TO NEPTUNE BAY. PILOT REPORTED WHILE KEEPING A SAFE SPEED, NOSE DOWN, FLAPS EXTENDED, AND MASTER OFF, DITCHED THE AIRCRAFT CLOSE TO SHORE. THE PILOT REPORTED THE AIRPLANE TIPPED FORWARD AND FLIPPED OUTSIDE DOWN. THE PILOT AND BOTH PASSENGERS WERE ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY IN SHALLOW WATER WITHOUT INJURIES.

WHILE INVESTIGATING INCIDENT AND GATHERING STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION THE PILOT IN COMMAND ADMITTED TO MISMANAGING THE FUEL WHICH LED TO FUEL STARVATION AND LOST OF ENGINE.

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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