# Accident 20190129000469A: Emmet Q Smith ROADRUNNER, Truckee, CA, January 29, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 2019, 14:27 local time
- Place: Truckee, CA
- Airport: Truckee-Tahoe
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3200° N, 120.1394° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3200&lon=-120.1394&mi=10
- Aircraft: N949TS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N949TS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Emmet Smith ROADRUNNER (registry code 05637YH, https://openairdocs.org/model/emmet-smith-roadrunner) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360-B1A (registry code 41887, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-b1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMMET Q SMITH ROADRUNNER
- Reported engine: LYCOMING HIO-360-B1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,433 total, 160 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA120) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190129000469A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 GAA19CA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA120), Jan 29, 2019: Emmet Smith Roadrunner (N949TS), Truckee, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s improper decision to allow the airplane to exit the runway onto a snow-covered field,…

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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