# Incident 20200220004349I: Beech A36, Big Bear, CA, February 20, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2020, 12:55 local time
- Place: Big Bear, CA
- Airport: Big Bear City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2638° N, 116.8560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BIG BEAR CITY (L35), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2638&lon=-116.8560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1561L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1561L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 333 total, 42 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200220004349I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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