Accident: Beech A36
Aug 31, 2016 · Sparks, NV
NTSB numberWPR16FA172Event id20160830X24345
- 2
- Fatalities
- 0
- Serious injuries
- 0
- Minor injuries
- 0
- Uninjured
Probable cause
The pilot's selection of a landing runway which, given the wind and traffic conditions, was susceptible to high crosswinds and the translation of wake turbulence across its approach path, and the controller's and pilot's failure to ensure separation from the B757 and its wake, which resulted in a low-altitude encounter with wake vortices that the pilot was unable to recover from.
Source: National Transportation Safety Board. Record last changed Oct 28, 2026, 10:54 UTC.
Aircraft involved
- Aircraft
- Beech A36
- Registration
- N985CA
- Year built
- 1981
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Operating rules
- Part 91: general aviation
- Defining event
- Approach-VFR pattern final Aircraft wake turb encounter
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Nearest airports
Airports with a Voydar profile closest to the recorded position. Proximity only.
- Reno Tahoe International Airport (RNO)1 nm (2 km) south
- Carson Airport (CSN)20 nm (36 km) south
- Truckee Tahoe Airport (TKF)21 nm (39 km) south-west
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