# Incident 20160809013239I: Beech A36, Minden, NV, August 9, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2016, 12:00 local time
- Place: Minden, NV
- Airport: Minden, Nevada
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9646° N, 119.7666° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minden, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9646&lon=-119.7666&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3271G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3271G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160809013239I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING TO RUNWAY 34.  WITNESSES OBSERVED AIRCRAFT TAXI FIRST TO RUNWAY 16 THEN AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED TO RUNWAY 34.  INSTEAD OF STOPPING IN RUNUP AREA OF RUNWAY 34, AIRCRAFT CONTINUED, GOING OFF INTO SOFT GROUND.  AIRCRAFT HAD NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE THEN TRAVELED FOR APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET IN SOFT TERRAIN.  IT APPEARED THAT PILOT WAS  ATTEMPTING TO GET BACK ON THE TAXI WAY AND THAT THE AIRCRAFT SPEED WAS EXCESSIVE FROM MARKS LEFT IN THE ROUGH GROUND FROM THE AIRCRAFTS LANDING GEAR.  PILOT'S STATEMENT IS AS FOLLOWS:

STATEMENT:   TAXI TO RW 34 SNEEZED  HIT THROTTLE, APPLIED BRAKES, COULD NOT STOP, WENT INTO THE BRUSH. SIGNED COPY TO FOLLOW>

^BOB ROSS^

AFTER AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN INTO MAINTENANCE, INSPECTOR HARRY SMITH TESTED BRAKES WITH AIRCRAFT JACKED UP AND TWO MECHANICS MOVING TIRES, BRAKES CHECKED NORMALLY.

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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