# Incident 20040929024539I: Amtr CH701, Truckee, CA, September 29, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2004, 15:30 local time
- Place: Truckee, CA
- Airport: Truckee-Tahoe Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- 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: N4271Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4271Q-2021-12-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ellis Melvin L CH 701 (registry code 05626KT, https://openairdocs.org/model/ellis-melvin-l-ch-701) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR CH701
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 325 total, 150 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040929024539I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE FLIGHT DEPARTED PETALUMA MUNI AIRPORT (069) AT ABOUT 1000 PDT ON 09/28/04. AFTER SEVERAL ENROUTE WATER LANDINGS, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED TRUCKEE/TAHOE AIRPORT (TRK) FUELED AND DEPARTED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED LOCALLY AND RETURNED TRK AT ABOUT 1600 PDT. UPON LANDING AT TRK, THE FLOATS WERE DAMAGED DUE TO THE PILOTS FAILURE TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. NOTE: THE DAMAGED FLOAT WERE NOT REPAIRED. ON 09/29/2004, AT ABOUT 1400 PDT, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED TRK AND AT ABOUT 1500 PDT, LANDED ON LAKE TAHOE. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, DURING THE DEPARTURE PHASE OF OPERATION, THE AIRCRAFT CAPSIZED ABOUT 1000 FEET FROM THE SHORELINE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE LANDED ON THE LAKE TO HAVE LUNCH. AFTER LUNCH, THE ENGINE WAS STARTED AND DURING TAXI, A STRONG GUST OF WIND WAS ENCOUNTERED AND THE AIRCRAFT CAPSIZED IN 60 DEGREE WATER WITH WAVE HEIGHTS OF 1 FOOT.

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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