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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lear 35A · Eufaula, AL · September 9, 2001

Date: September 9, 2001 · 05:10 local
Place: Eufaula, AL
Airport: Weedon Field Airport
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: ETSA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N20DK
Reported as: Lear 35A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 11,300 total1,700 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

N20DKRegistration cancelled Apr 14, 2008 · Gates Learjet 35AS/N 35-143 · Built 1977 Airframe modelGates Learjet 35A Engine modelGarrett TFE731 seriesTurbo-fan

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The aircraft was repositioning from marianna, Florida to Eufaula, Alabama very early in the morning, just before dawn. With just the crew on board, the crew was cleared for a visual approach and cancelled the IFR flight plan. There was a thin layer of fog or mist around the Eufaula, airport. The aircraft circled for runway 36. On close final, the landing lights were turned to the on position and then turned off because of the glare. The taxi light was then turned to the on position. A swooshing noise was heard as the aircraft went through some trees on the approach to the runway. A flight check with the pilot and an FAA inspector has been accomplished on 10/09/2001, and was satisfactorily accomplished.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPOSITIONING FROM MARIANNA, FLORIDA TO EUFAULA, ALABAMA VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING, JUST BEFORE DAWN. WITH JUST THE CREW ON BOARD, THE CREW WAS CLEARED FOR A VISUAL APPROACH AND CANCELLED THE IFR FLIGHT PLAN. THERE WAS A THIN LAYER OF FOG OR MIST AROUND THE EUFAULA, AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT CIRCLED FOR RUNWAY 36. ON CLOSE FINAL, THE LANDING LIGHTS WERE TURNED TO THE ON POSITION AND THEN TURNED OFF BECAUSE OF THE GLARE. THE TAXI LIGHT WAS THEN TURNED TO THE ON POSITION. A SWOOSHING NOISE WAS HEARD AS THE AIRCRAFT WENT THROUGH SOME TREES ON THE APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY. A FLIGHT CHECK WITH THE PILOT AND AN FAA INSPECTOR HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED ON 10/09/2001, AND WAS SATISFACTORILY ACCOMPLISHED.