# Accident 20080914845509A: Cessna 177B, Truckee, CA, September 14, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2008, 14:05 local time
- Place: Truckee, CA
- Airport: Truckee-Tahoe
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3164° N, 120.1306° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3164&lon=-120.1306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30692, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30692-2012-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177B (registry code 2073708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (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: CESSNA 177B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 120 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08CA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA199) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080914845509A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N30692, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CERTIFICATE NO. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, DEPARTED RUNWAY 10 AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2008.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS ESTIMATED TO WEIGH 2413 LBS WITH A TYPE CERTIFICATED GROSS WEIGHT OF 2500 LBS. DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS REPORTED BETWEEN 8600 AND 8900 FEET WITH A QUARTERING 10KT HEAD WIND.  WITNESSES STATED THAT AFTER LIFT OFF, AND APPROXIMATELY 300 FT AGL, THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO MUSH/WALLOW AND WAS NOT GAINING ALTITUDE.  THE AIRCRAFT STARTED A RIGHT TURN, THE A STEEP LEFT TURN, IN AN ATTEMPT TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT, LOSING ALTITUDE.  THE AIRCRAFT LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND, BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN, AND THEN IMPACTED THE GROUND, HARD APPROXIMATELY 12 YARDS FROM INITIAL IMPACT.  THE AIRCRAFT CARTWHEELED AND CAME TO A STOP, INVERTED, 20 YARDS FROM THE SECOND IMPACT.  THREE PASSENGERS WERE ABLE TO ESCAPE THE WRECKAGE WITH MINOR INJURIES.  THE PILOT REMAINED TRAPPED IN THE WRECKAGE UNTIL EXTRICATED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.  HE SUSTAINED A SEVERE CUT AND LACERATIONS TO HIS HEAD AND SUFFERED A BROKEN LOWER BACK.

## 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 SEA08CA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA199), Sep 14, 2008: Cessna 177B (N30692), Truckee, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper decision to take off in a heavily loaded airplane under the ambient conditions that existed at the time. Contributing to the accident was the mountainous/hilly terrain, a high…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.