# Incident 19960128000969I: Beech F33A, Truckee, CA, January 28, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 1996, 10:00 local time
- Place: Truckee, CA
- Airport: Truckee-Tahoe Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- 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: N1562B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1562B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F33A (registry code 1151425, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F33A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 575 total, 100 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960128000969I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS BRIEFED THAT ONE RUNWAY WAS OPEN AT TRUCKEE, CA. PILOT ADMITTED THAT WHEN HE SAW THE PLOWED RUNWAY AND PARALLEL TAXIWAY HE WAS CONFUSED AND THOUGHT THE SMOOTH SNOWY SURFACE BETWEEN THEM WAS THE RUNWAY AND ATTEMPTED THE LANDING ON THAT. ON TOUCH-DOWN HE SAID HE BECAME A SNOW PLOW AND THEN FLIPPED OVER IN THE SOFT DEEP SNOW. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR ONE PASSENGER AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGES AS FOLLOWS: PROPELLER BLADES BENT, PROP DOME CAVED IN, LOWER COWLING BENT, NOSE GEAR BENT AFT, AND MINOR DENTS IN TOP OF FUSELAGE AND VERTICAL FIN. THE PILOT VOLUNTARILY TOOK DUAL INSTRUCTION ON WINTER FLYING TECHNIQUES AT TRUCKEE-TAHOE AIRPORT LATER THAT DAY AND ON 01-30-96 RNO FSDO OPERATIONS INSPECTOR BOB WAGNER SPOKE WITH THE INSTRUCTOR OF THAT FLIGHT. ON FEBRUARY 1, 1996, THE PILOT WAS COUNSELED BY OPERATIONS INSPECTOR BOB WAGNER FROM THE RNO FSDO AND CONSIDERING THE POST INCIDENT INSTRUCTION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A REEXAMINATION IS NOT REQUIRED. INCIDENT DOES NOT INVOLVE A PILOT DEVIATION REPORT FORM 8020-17. THIS INCIDENT AND INVESTIGATION ARE CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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