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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Jackson Dennis C RV-4 · Truckee, CA · September 30, 2016

Date
September 30, 2016 · 20:00 local
Place
Truckee, CA
Airport
Truckee/Tahoe Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N296DJ
Reported as
Jackson Dennis C RV-4
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
790 total133 in this make and model74 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

On a VFR flight from 77S (creswell, OR) to trk (Truckee, CA), the pilot had a late departure and encountered stronger than anticipated headwind that delayed his arrival until well after dark. The pilot arrived fatigue from the turbulence on the nearly 3 hour flight. Upon entering the trk traffic pattern, the pilot encountered gusty wind conditions when landing runway 20. While the approach was on glideslope, the pilot failed to look FAR enough down the runway and properly judge his rate of decent and height above the ground. Initial ground contact resulted in a bounce. The pilot applied power; however, the power application was insufficient to prevent a second bounce which resulted in a propeller strike.

As the FAA filed it

ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM 77S (CRESWELL, OR) TO TRK (TRUCKEE, CA), THE PILOT HAD A LATE DEPARTURE AND ENCOUNTERED STRONGER THAN ANTICIPATED HEADWIND THAT DELAYED HIS ARRIVAL UNTIL WELL AFTER DARK. THE PILOT ARRIVED FATIGUE FROM THE TURBULENCE ON THE NEARLY 3 HOUR FLIGHT. UPON ENTERING THE TRK TRAFFIC PATTERN, THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS WHEN LANDING RUNWAY 20. WHILE THE APPROACH WAS ON GLIDESLOPE, THE PILOT FAILED TO LOOK FAR ENOUGH DOWN THE RUNWAY AND PROPERLY JUDGE HIS RATE OF DECENT AND HEIGHT ABOVE THE GROUND. INITIAL GROUND CONTACT RESULTED IN A BOUNCE. THE PILOT APPLIED POWER; HOWEVER, THE POWER APPLICATION WAS INSUFFICIENT TO PREVENT A SECOND BOUNCE WHICH RESULTED IN A PROPELLER STRIKE.