20190129000469A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Emmet Q Smith ROADRUNNER · Truckee, CA · January 29, 2019

Date
January 29, 2019 · 14:27 local
Place
Truckee, CA
Airport
Truckee-Tahoe
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N949TS
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA19CA120
Reported as
Emmet Q Smith Roadrunner
Reported engine
Lycoming HIO-360-B1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,433 total160 in this make and model22 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.

Pilot encountered a deviation from a straight landing and momentarily lost control resulting in departing the runway 20 to the right. Pilot regained control, applied braking and the aircraft rotated to inverted over the nose resulting in substantial damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ENCOUNTERED A DEVIATION FROM A STRAIGHT LANDING AND MOMENTARILY LOST CONTROL RESULTING IN DEPARTING THE RUNWAY 20 TO THE RIGHT. PILOT REGAINED CONTROL, APPLIED BRAKING AND THE AIRCRAFT ROTATED TO INVERTED OVER THE NOSE RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.