# Incident 19961226042499I: Beech A36, Savannah, GA, December 26, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 1996, 18:00 local time
- Place: Savannah, GA
- Airport: Savannah International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0835° N, 81.0998° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Savannah, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0835&lon=-81.0998&mi=10
- Aircraft: CGBTE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BA
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 200 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961226042499I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: PILOT ATTEMPTED ILS APPROACH INTO SAVANNAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SAVANNAH, GA. ON SHORT FINAL, PILOT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO DESCEND BELOW GLIDE SLOPE AND STRIKE A TREE RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. COMPONENTS DAMAGED INCLUDED PROPELLER, RIGHT LANDING GEAR DOOR, RIGHT SIDE OF FUSELAGE, RIGHT WING, AND RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. PILOT REPORTED GUST OF WIND MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR. IN ACCORDANCE WITH FAA ORDER 8020.11A, PARAGRAPH 16C, NO CORRECTIVE ACTION TAKEN. PILOT IS NOT A CERTIFICATED U.S. AIRMAN. AIRCRAFT REGISTERED TO THE WAITING GAME INVESTMENT COMPANY, LTD., SAME ADDRESS AS PILOT. ILS COMPONENTS REPORTED TO BE OPERATING NORMALLY.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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