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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A36 · Big Bear, CA · February 20, 2020

Date: February 20, 2020 · 12:55 local
Place: Big Bear, CA
Airport: Big Bear City
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1561L
Reported as: Beech A36
Reported engine: Continental IO-550 series
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 333 total42 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

N1561LRegistered now · Beech A36S/N E-2856 · Built 1994 Airframe modelBeech A36 Engine modelContinental IO-550 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

A pilot of a Beech A36 was on his first approach for landing at the Big Bear airport. Just as he was touching down, a Cessna 177 aircraft taxied across the runway directly in front of his aircraft. The pilot had to swerve off the runway in order to avoid hitting the Cessna. As his aircraft departed the runway, it hit sinage and traveled in the dirt approximately 100 yards before the nose gear collapsed and the aircraft came to rest in the infield/dirt. There were four persons on board with no injuries reported and the damage to the aircraft was minor.

As the FAA filed it

A PILOT OF A BEECH A36 WAS ON HIS FIRST APPROACH FOR LANDING AT THE BIG BEAR AIRPORT. JUST AS HE WAS TOUCHING DOWN, A CESSNA 177 AIRCRAFT TAXIED ACROSS THE RUNWAY DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF HIS AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT HAD TO SWERVE OFF THE RUNWAY IN ORDER TO AVOID HITTING THE CESSNA. AS HIS AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, IT HIT SINAGE AND TRAVELED IN THE DIRT APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS BEFORE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE INFIELD/DIRT. THERE WERE FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD WITH NO INJURIES REPORTED AND THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR.