20010314005829I

Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC982 · Craig, CO · March 14, 2001

Date
March 14, 2001 · 13:38 local
Place
Craig, CO
Airport
Craig-Moffat Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
TWAA
Aircraft
N955U
Reported as
Doug DC982
People aboard
122
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,397 total1,771 in this make and model241 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.

(-23) A/c landed at the wrong airport by mistake. The flight departed st. louis (stl) enroute to hayden/yampa valley county (hdn) but landed at Craig, CO(cag). Both airports have a single runway. The hayden runway is 10-28 (10,000 ft) and Craig is 07-25 (5,600) located thirteen miles apart. This was the first flight of the day for both pilots. The crew was cleared for an ILS 1O approach to hdn, but landed on runway 07 at cag. According to witnesses the a/c touched approx. one third down the runway. The a/c stopped on the runway and while attempting to turn around on the narrow taxiway, the right main landing gear departed the asphalt and sank into the mud. Recovery, cleanup, and inspection were satisfactory prior to the a/c departing the next day. Two inspectors from slc FSDO were on scene.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) A/C LANDED AT THE WRONG AIRPORT BY MISTAKE. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED ST. LOUIS (STL) ENROUTE TO HAYDEN/YAMPA VALLEY COUNTY (HDN) BUT LANDED AT CRAIG, CO(CAG). BOTH AIRPORTS HAVE A SINGLE RUNWAY. THE HAYDEN RUNWAY IS 10-28 (10,000 FT) AND CRAIG IS 07-25 (5,600) LOCATED THIRTEEN MILES APART. THIS WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT OF THE DAY FOR BOTH PILOTS. THE CREW WAS CLEARED FOR AN ILS 1O APPROACH TO HDN, BUT LANDED ON RUNWAY 07 AT CAG. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES THE A/C TOUCHED APPROX. ONE THIRD DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE A/C STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN AROUND ON THE NARROW TAXIWAY, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DEPARTED THE ASPHALT AND SANK INTO THE MUD. RECOVERY, CLEANUP, AND INSPECTION WERE SATISFACTORY PRIOR TO THE A/C DEPARTING THE NEXT DAY. TWO INSPECTORS FROM SLC FSDO WERE ON SCENE.