# Incident 20030215002759I: Cndair CL6002B16, Rifle, CO, February 15, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 2003, 11:30 local time
- Place: Rifle, CO
- Airport: Garfield County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5263° N, 107.7270° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Garfield County Regional Airport (RIL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5263&lon=-107.7270&mi=10
- Aircraft: N245TL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CNDAIR CL6002B16
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030215002759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT'S STATEMENT: ON FEB. 15, 2003, I WAS THE FLYING PILOT OF CHALLENGER 601-3A, N245TL ON A FLIGHT FROM GUNNISON, COLORADO TO RIFLE, COLORADO. THE FLIGHT PROCEEDED NORMALLY TO A HOLDING PATTERN AT THE RED TABLE VOR. AFTER THE HOLD WE PROCEEDED TO A NORMAL LANDING ON RUNWAY 26. IT HAD BEEN RAINING JUST PRIOR TO OUR APPROACH, THE RUNWAY WAS WET WITH AN UNKNOWN DEPTH OF STANDING WATER AND PUDDLES OF WATER. UPON TOUCHDOWN, BRAKES WERE APPLIED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE GROUND AND FLIGHT SPOILERS. I ATTEMPTED TO DEPLOY THE THRUST REVERSERS, WHICH DID NOT DEPLOY. RATHER THE "UNSAFE TO ARM" LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. I APPLIED MAXIMUM BRAKING AND THE AIRCRAFT HYDROPLANED AS WE SLOWLY DECELERATED THROUGH 100 KNOTS. EVENTUALLY, BRAKING ACTION WAS SUFFICIENT TO THE POINT THAT WITH APPLICATION OF MAXIMUM BRAKING THE ANTI-SKID SYSTEM ACTIVATED. HOLDING MAXIMUM BRAKING THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP JUST OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. A RUNWAY LIGHT CONTACTED THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOOR AT THE END OF THE LANDING ROLL. WE WERE NOT ABLE TO CONTACT ATC SO I DECIDED TO TAXI TO THE RAMP, LEAVING THE RUNWAY UNOBSTRUCTED. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEADINGEDGE OF THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOOR CAUSED BY HITTING THE RUNWAY END LIGHT. CORPORATE AIRCRAFT SERVICES, DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE KEVIN SWENSON COORDINATED WITH THE FAA TO RETURN THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE. WITH THE MATTER RESOLVED FOR THE MOMENT WE FLEW TO OUR HOME BASE AT NAPLES, FL. IN AN EFFORT TO PREVENT ANY FUTURE OCCURRENCE OF THIS KIND, WE HAVE ADDED "THRUST REVERSERS ARMED" TO OUR BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST.

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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