# NTSB Accident WPR16FA172
> **BEECH A36** · 2016-08-31 · Sparks, NV, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR16FA172
- **Event ID:** 20160830X24345
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2016-08-31
- **Location:** Sparks, NV, USA
- **Coordinates:** 39.52111, -119.765556
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** BEECH
- **Model:** A36
- **Registration:** N985CA
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## 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.

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