- Date
- February 19, 1990, 10:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Truckee, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N89BYPiper PA-28
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900219002419A
- Case key
- 26740
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Probable cause
The pilot's loss of directional control after landing on a recently plowed runway. Contributing to the accident was the four foot high snow berm alongside the runway and the icy spots on the runway.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot landed a Piper PA-28 on a recently plowed runway that had a few icy spots. The wind was calm. The pilot lost directional control and collided with a four foot high snow berm. Runway 19 is 3700 feet long and 60 feet wide. The pilot stated there was no mechanical problems.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89BY
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Fatsch, Edward J.
- Departed
- 056 · Novato, CA
- Destination
- TRK
- Airport
- TRK · Truckee, runway 19, 3,700 × 60 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 200 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.