20070805016599I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 76 · South Lake Tah, CA · August 5, 2007

Date
August 5, 2007 · 14:30 local
Place
South Lake Tah, CA
Airport
Lake Tahoe
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6011Q
Reported as
Beech 76
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
473 total3 in this make and model169 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) During the landing flare the aircraft encountered a gust of wind which caused the aircraft to pitch up and roll to the right. The aircraft contacted the runway with the right wing tip and aileron. The aircraft then became airborne again, pitching down and rolling left, causing the left propeller to contact the ground damaging both blade tips.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING THE LANDING FLARE THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO PITCH UP AND ROLL TO THE RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY WITH THE RIGHT WING TIP AND AILERON. THE AIRCRAFT THEN BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN, PITCHING DOWN AND ROLLING LEFT, CAUSING THE LEFT PROPELLER TO CONTACT THE GROUND DAMAGING BOTH BLADE TIPS.