# Incident 19910808047749I: Naval N3N3, Truckee, CA, August 8, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1991, 15:30 local time
- Place: Truckee, CA
- Airport: Truckee-Tahoe Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- 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: N44873, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44873) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 (registry code 6120202, https://openairdocs.org/model/naval-aircraft-factory-n3n-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVAL N3N3
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 27,000 total, 32 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910808047749I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT ON LANDING ROLLOUT. VEERED LEFT AND NOSED OVER.

## Other reports on N44873 (2)

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

- [Incident 20130516008089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130516008089I), May 16, 2013: Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 (N44873), Albuquerque, NM, Minor damage. On may 16, 2013, at 12:45 MDT, a navy N3N, N44873 registered to the pilot, made a forced landing on the taxi way adjacent to runway 26 at Albuquerque…
- [Incident 19920627027779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920627027779I), Jun 27, 1992: Naval N3N3 (N44873), Truckee, CA. Left hand brake assembly seized on rollout. Aircraft ground looped and nosed over.

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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