# Accident 19810605035909A: Cessna 182E, Truckee, CA, June 5, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 1981, 16:45 local time
- Place: Truckee, CA
- Airport: Truckee Tahoe
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3201° N, 120.1396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRUCKEE-TAHOE (TRK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3201&lon=-120.1396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3343Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3343Y-2018-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182E (registry code 2072712, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 231 total, 129 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81DXQ19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DXQ19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810605035909A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON UPWIND LEG, STALLED TRYING TO LAND ON OTHER RUNWAY. AIRPLANE EXPOSED TO RAIN WITH LEAKY GAS CAPS.

## 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 LAX81DXQ19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DXQ19), Jun 5, 1981: Cessna 182 (N3343Y), Truckee, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3343Y (2)

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

- [Incident 19790824035361I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790824035361I), Aug 24, 1979: Cessna 182 (N3343Y), Oakland, CA, Minor damage. Wing tip of taxing aircraft N3343Y struck moving propellor on aircraft N738CU.
- [Accident 19751122038829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751122038829A), Nov 22, 1975: Cessna 182E (N3343Y), Curlew, WA, Substantial damage. Hit frozen pc of sod,broke nose gr fork.

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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