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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 550 · Glens Falls, NY · September 27, 2002

Date: September 27, 2002 · 21:00 local
Place: Glens Falls, NY
Airport: Warren County
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: AZNA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N53FP
Reported as: Cessna 550
People aboard: 6
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 25,000 total800 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N53FPRegistered now · Cessna 550S/N 550-0434 · Built 1982 Airframe modelCessna 550 Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4 seriesTurbo-fan

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) Pilot conducted the LOC 1 approach during moderate rain in poor visibility (1 mile). Aircraft touched down approx. 1,000 ft from the approach end of the runway. The captain deployed the thrust reverses and thought he saw a dog size animal, pulled back on the yoke, aircraft became airborne and then nosed over hitting the ground causing the nose wheel to break off the aircraft at the 3,000 ft point. Aircraft slid down the runway and stopped at the end of the 5,000 ft. runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT CONDUCTED THE LOC 1 APPROACH DURING MODERATE RAIN IN POOR VISIBILITY (1 MILE). AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN APPROX. 1,000 FT FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY. THE CAPTAIN DEPLOYED THE THRUST REVERSES AND THOUGHT HE SAW A DOG SIZE ANIMAL, PULLED BACK ON THE YOKE, AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE AND THEN NOSED OVER HITTING THE GROUND CAUSING THE NOSE WHEEL TO BREAK OFF THE AIRCRAFT AT THE 3,000 FT POINT. AIRCRAFT SLID DOWN THE RUNWAY AND STOPPED AT THE END OF THE 5,000 FT. RUNWAY.