# Accident 20040729014599A: Cessna TP206C, Truckee, CA, July 29, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2004, 13:30 local time
- Place: Truckee, CA
- Airport: Truckee-Tahoe Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3200° N, 120.1394° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3200&lon=-120.1394&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8622Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8622Z-2006-05-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TP206C (registry code 2073313, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tp206c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TP206C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,150 total, 800 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04LA284](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA284) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040729014599A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THE WINDSOCK FOR RUNWAY 19 INDICATED WIND STRAIGHT DOWN THE RUNWAY ON HIS APPROACH. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN NORMALLY ON RUNWAY 19. WHILE THE AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR WAS STILL IN THE AIR, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VEER LEFT IN RESPONSE TO A SUDDEN GUST FROM THE LEFT. RUNWAY TIRE MARKS INDICATED RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE TIRE MARKS BEGAN AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 FROM END OF RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED HE APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER AND ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND, HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED LEFT OFF OF THE RUNWAY AND INTO THE SAGEBRUSH. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET LEFT OF THE RUNWAY EDGE AND 2500 FEET BEYOND THE END OF RUNWAY 19. AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR WAS DAMAGED, PROPELLERS WERE BENT, RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS BENT BACK 60 DEGREES, AFT CABIN FLOOR WAS BUCKLED, RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER HAD A GOUGE NEAR THE OUTBOARD TIP.

## 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 LAX04LA284](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA284), Jul 29, 2004: Cessna 206 (N8622Z), Truckee, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind conditions and failure to maintain directional control of the airplane.

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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