# Incident 19990918035419I: Piper PA28180, Alturas, CA, September 18, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 1999, 06:50 local time
- Place: Alturas, CA
- Airport: Alturas Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4829° N, 120.5654° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALTURAS MUNI (AAT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4829&lon=-120.5654&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3616R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3616R-2004-03-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 860 total, 750 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990918035419I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING A FLIGHT PLANNED FROM LMT TO RNO, THE PILOT DEVIATED AND LANDED O00 FOR BREAKFAST. NOTAMS WERE NOT CHECK FOR O00.  DURING LANDING, THE PILOT STATED THE EARLY MORNING LIGHT CONDITIONS OBSCURED THE AIRPORT ENVIRONMENT.  UPON TOUCH DOWN, THE PILOT NOTICED A PLYWOOD "X" ON THE RUNWAY.  SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE PILOT NOTICED AN EMBANKMENT APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET FROM THE INTITAL TOUCHDOWN POINT.  A GO AROUND WAS INITIATED, HOWEVER, THE EMBANKMENT WAS STRUCK INITIALLY WITH THE PROPELLER FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE AND MAIN LANDING GEAR.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROX. 50 FT. SUBSEQUENT TO IMPACT.

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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