- Date
- April 12, 1990, 06:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place
- Yuba City, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4497SBeech F33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900412008989A
- Case key
- 26777
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Probable cause
A dog suddenly running onto the active runway in front of the aircraft resulted in a collision and substantial airframe damage.
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 reported that all aspects of his flight, approach, and landing touchdown were normal. During his landing roll, he noticed a dog running onto the runway. The aircraft's left main landing gear struck the dog. The pilot did not have enough time to perform an evasive manuever to avoid the dog.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4497S
- Reported as
- Beech F33A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CE-592
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Steven E. Carnes
- Departed
- MYV · Marysville, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 052 · Sutter County, runway 35, 3,040 × 75 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
- 49
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 5,500 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 5,000 as pilot in command · 102 in the last 90 days · 47 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 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.