# Incident 20160930016099I: Jackson Dennis C RV-4, Truckee, CA, September 30, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2016, 20:00 local time
- Place: Truckee, CA
- Airport: Truckee/Tahoe Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- 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: N296DJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N296DJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jackson Dennis C RV-4 (registry code 05613M7, https://openairdocs.org/model/jackson-dennis-c-rv-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JACKSON DENNIS C RV-4
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 790 total, 133 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160930016099I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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