- Date
- January 1, 1991, 12:05 local (20:05 UTC)
- Place
- Truckee, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1641RGrumman AA1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910101000019A
- Case key
- 27086
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
1) The pilots improper flare maneuver; 2) his failure to perform a bounced landing recovery; and 3) his failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft.
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 of a Grumman AA1B, experienced a loss of control while landing. The pilot stated he flared too high and failed to add power in time to soften the landing. The aircraft exited the left side of the runway into a snow bank and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1641R
- Reported as
- Grumman AA1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0641
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Joel W. Burnsed
- Registered owner
- Joel W. Burnsed
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- 051 · Lincoln, CA
- Airport
- TRK · Truckee, runway 28, 6,401 × 100 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 221 total · 190 in this make and model · 183 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- TRK, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.