# Accident 20250628012509A: Cessna 172H, Dillingham, AK, June 28, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2025, 17:56 local time
- Place: Dillingham, AK
- Airport: Dillingham
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.8147° N, 159.4857° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.8147&lon=-159.4857&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8085L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8085L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 208 total, 123 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC25LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250628012509A

## Narrative

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

WHILE LANDING ON A BEACH.  PERFORMING A SHORT FIELD LANDING WITH 10 TO 15 KT TAIL WINDS, FLAPS AT 0 DEGREES. ON TOUCH DOWN, THE MAIN LANDING GEAR SANK INTO THE SAND. WHICH CAUSED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO DIG INTO THE SOFT SURFACE CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIPOVER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC25LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA056), Jun 29, 2025: Cessna 172H (N8085L), Manokotak, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to land on an unsuitable landing surface with a tailwind, which resulted in a nose over. Contributing was the pilot’s failure to recognize the wind direction, resulting in a…

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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