# Accident 20030117001399A: Beech 76, Truckee, CA, January 17, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2003, 10:15 local time
- Place: Truckee, CA
- Airport: Truckee-Tahoe Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3222° N, 120.1436° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3222&lon=-120.1436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5400M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 76
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030117001399A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON JANUARY 17, 2003, ABOUT 1015 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, A BEECH 76, N5400M, COLLIDED WITH A SNOW BANK DURING TAKEOFF AT TRUCKEE, CALIFORNIA. THE PALO ALTO FLYING CLUB WAS OPERATING THE RENTAL AIRPLANE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) AND THE PRIVATE PILOT WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE CROSS-COUNTRY INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT DEPARTED PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA, AT AN UNDETERMINED TIME EN ROUTE TO TRUCKEE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. ON FEBRUARY 5, 2003 THE INCIDENT WAS UPGRADED TO AN ACCIDENT AFTER VERIFICATION THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION PERSONNEL, THE CFI INDICATED THAT DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL HE HAD SIMULATED A LEFT ENGINE FAILURE BY RETARDING ITS THROTTLE. THEREAFTER, THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. (-23) ON JANUARY 17, 2003, AT 1015 A.M. LOCAL TIME MR. AURELIO JUAREZ, FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND PILOT IN COMMAND STARTED A TAKEOFF IN N5400M WITH MR. LEE N. PRICE, A PRIVATE PILOT AND MULTIENGINE STUDENT FROM RUNWAY 28 AT TRUCKE                                              E-TAHOE AIRPORT. ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR PULLED THE MIXTURE ON THE LEFT ENGINE, THE STUDENT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT HIT SNOW AND ICE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT HAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE NOSE, NOSE GEAR AND THE ENGINE AND PROPELLER.

## 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 LAX03LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA083), Jan 17, 2003: Beech 76 (N5400M), Truckee, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of the CFI to ensure that the pilot under instruction adequately understood the engine out procedure during the preflight planning phase of the flight; failure of the pilot under instruction…

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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