# Incident 19990322021169I: Beech 400A, Grand Forks, ND, March 22, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 1999
- Place: Grand Forks, ND
- Airport: Grand Forks-Mark Andrews International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.9196° N, 97.0873° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Forks, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9196&lon=-97.0873&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3196N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 400A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,900 total, 541 in this make and model, 147 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990322021169I

## Narrative

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

ON 3/22/99, A BE-400-A AIRCRAFT, N3196N, OWNED BY THE FIRST SECURITY BANK NA TRUSTEE OF SALT LAKE CITY, OPERATED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA AT GRAND FORKS, AND FLOWN BY DAVID G. VANGSNES SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE VENTRAL FIN. THE DAMAGE WAS DESCOVERED DURING A POST FLIGHT WALK AROUND INSPECTION AND WAS REPORTED TO MR. VANGSNES BY ONE OF THE TWO STUDENTS THAT HAD BEEN RECEIVING INSTRUCTION IN THE AIRCRAFT. COMPRESSION BUCKLING TO THE FIN WAS EVIDENT WITH TWO 1" TEARS ON BOTH SIDES. AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT DETERMINED THAT ONE PROBABLE DAMAGE SCENERIO OCCURRED DURING A NO FLAP APPROACH WHEN THE STICK SHAKER WAS ACTIVATED PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. NO DAMAGE WAS SUSPECTED HOWEVER AND THE FLIGHT CONTINUED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. COUNSELING WAS CONDUCTED WHICH INCLUDED IMPUT FROM AL PALMER, DIRECTOR OF FLIGHT TRANING AT UND, FOR CLOSER MONITORING AIRSPEEDS, SINK RATES AND PITCH ATTITUDES WITH EMPHASIS ON EARLIER DETECTION AND GO-AROUNDS.

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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