19890424009899A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper STCPA22 · Truckee, CA · April 24, 1989

Date
April 24, 1989 · 14:00 local
Place
Truckee, CA
Airport
Truckee-Tahoe Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N840A
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX89LA171
Reported as
Piper STCPA22
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A3A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
259 total14 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Engine quit on climbout. Turned back but landed hard on runway causing substantial damage. Fuel lines were reversed

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON CLIMBOUT. TURNED BACK BUT LANDED HARD ON RUNWAY CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. FUEL LINES WERE REVERSED

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.