- Date
- July 15, 1990, 20:30 local (Jul 16, 1990, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Truckee, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8637KCessna 340-A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900715026409A
- Case key
- 26869
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Probable cause
The pilots loss of brake performance due to hydroplaning.
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 his Cessna 340A on a wet runway after a moderate rain. Runway 19 is 4650 feet long and 75 feet wide. The pilot stated he landed at about 25% down the runway or with about 3480 feet remaining and was unable to achieve braking, prior to running off the end. The tire damage and runway stripes indicated hydroplaning as a factor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8637K
- Reported as
- Cessna 340-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 340A0604
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-NB, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lee, Richard D.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- APC · Napa County, CA
- Destination
- TRK
- Airport
- TRK · Truckee, runway 19, 4,650 × 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,990 total · 1,340 in this make and model · 1,920 as pilot in command · 56 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 135° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- TRK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.