# Incident 19970922034099I: Beech 58P, Ketchikan, AK, September 22, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 1997
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Airport: Ketchikan International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 55.3541° N, 131.7112° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KETCHIKAN INTL (KTN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.3541&lon=-131.7112&mi=10
- Aircraft: N100VS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 110 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970922034099I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT ATTEMPTING AN IFR APPROACH TO RUNWAY 11 IN KETCHIKAN, ALASKA. REACHED DECISION HEIGHT AND COPILOT SAW THE AIRPORT. MR. GISLER SAID HE COULD SEE THE GROUND BUT NOT THE RUNWAY DURING THE APPROACH. HE WAS ABOUT TO EXECUTE A MISSED APPROACH WHEN THE COPILOT SPOTTED THE RUNWAY. IN THE FINAL STAGES OF THE APPROACH, KETCHIKAN FLIGHT SERVICE STATION UPDATED THE WEATHER.

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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