# Incident 20031010025599I: Cirrus SR22, Rockland, ME, October 10, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2003, 18:50 local time
- Place: Rockland, ME
- Airport: Knox County Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0601° N, 69.0997° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KNOX COUNTY RGNL (RKD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0601&lon=-69.0997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N543DM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS SR22
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 145 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031010025599I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT PLAN FROM BEDFORD/LAURENCE G. HANSCOM FIELD (BED) TO ROCKLAND/KNOX COUNTY REGIONAL (RKD). AFTER EXECUTING THE STRAIGHT-IN ILS TO RUNWAY 13, THE PILOT TRANSITIONED TO VISUAL CONDITIONS AT THE DECISION HEIGHT. THE WEATHER WAS NEAR "MINIMUMS" BUT HE STATED THAT HE HAD THE RUNWAY ENVIRONMENT AND RUNWAY LIGHTS AT THAT TIME. AFTER LANDING ON THE RUNWAY, HE ENTERED A FOG BANK APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 13 AND QUICKLY BECAME DISORIENTED. THE DARKNESS, COMBINED WITH THE RUNWAY LIGHTS REFLECTING IN THE FOG BLINDED THE PILOT AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 13, CROSSED THE INTERSECTING RUNWAY 3/21 AND CAME TO REST AFTER TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 2500 FEET AFTER DEPARTING THE RUNWAY. THE DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE LANDING GEAR, PROPELLER, WING TIP, PITOT TUBE, AND A FLAP HINGE.

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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