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Incident

FAA incident report · AMD FALCON900 · Little Rock, AR · July 26, 1996

Date: July 26, 1996 · 09:50 local
Place: Little Rock, AR
Airport: Adams Field
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N332MC
Reported as: AMD FALCON900
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,000 total4,000 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: lit ATIS contained the message "south 1,000' of runway 18/36 closed". According to the pilot the copilot listened to ATIS approximately 150 NM from lit as preparation for the descent phase was being conducted. The copilot recorded (wrote) ATIS for the captain. The crew listened to ATIS a second time before contacting lit ATC. All taxiway closures and other data was noted except for rwy 18/36 data. The aircraft executed a normal landing on rwy 18 and the crew noted some saw horses laying on their sides at the south end of the runway. The aircraft rolled to a stop between the saw horses then turned around on the rwy just south of the saw horses and taxied back to the nearest taxiway. No contact was made between the saw horses and the aircraft. The pilots missed hearing, on the ATIS broadcast, the message that the last 1,000' of runway 18 was closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: LIT ATIS CONTAINED THE MESSAGE "SOUTH 1,000' OF RUNWAY 18/36 CLOSED". ACCORDING TO THE PILOT THE COPILOT LISTENED TO ATIS APPROXIMATELY 150 NM FROM LIT AS PREPARATION FOR THE DESCENT PHASE WAS BEING CONDUCTED. THE COPILOT RECORDED (WROTE) ATIS FOR THE CAPTAIN. THE CREW LISTENED TO ATIS A SECOND TIME BEFORE CONTACTING LIT ATC. ALL TAXIWAY CLOSURES AND OTHER DATA WAS NOTED EXCEPT FOR RWY 18/36 DATA. THE AIRCRAFT EXECUTED A NORMAL LANDING ON RWY 18 AND THE CREW NOTED SOME SAW HORSES LAYING ON THEIR SIDES AT THE SOUTH END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED TO A STOP BETWEEN THE SAW HORSES THEN TURNED AROUND ON THE RWY JUST SOUTH OF THE SAW HORSES AND TAXIED BACK TO THE NEAREST TAXIWAY. NO CONTACT WAS MADE BETWEEN THE SAW HORSES AND THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOTS MISSED HEARING, ON THE ATIS BROADCAST, THE MESSAGE THAT THE LAST 1,000' OF RUNWAY 18 WAS CLOSED.