# Incident 20010514010579I: Lkheed CF104D, Phoenix, AZ, May 14, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2001, 16:00 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Williams Gateway Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N104 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LKHEED CF104D
- Reported engine: PWA JT9*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,450 total, 50 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/20010514010579I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE PILOT WAS ABOUT TO TOUCH-DOWN IN FINAL LANDING CONFIGURATION @ IWA WHEN A SEVERE THERMAL WIND SKIRTED THE A/C OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT SIDE ADJACENT DIRT. THE A/C BEGAN TO ROLL RIGHT CONTACTING THE R/H WING TIP TANK AND IT'S VENTRAL FIN ONTO THE GROUND.  THE PILOT THEN FLEW THE A/C OUT OF THIS CONDITION BY APPLYING  FULL AFTER-BURNER, MAKING A "GO-AROUND" PAST IWA TOWER PERSONNEL AS A SAFETY VERIFICATION, AND THEN COMPLETEING A NORMAL/INEVENTFUL LANDING @IWA. FURTHER VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE A/C REVEALED THAT THE R/H WING TIP TANK WAS SCRAPED AND IT'S VENTRAL/HORIZONTAL FIN(S) WERE THE ONLY VISIBLE DAMAGE.  THERE WERE NO PERSONNEL INJURIES OR OTHER PROPERTY DAMAGED.

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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