# Incident 20040117002589I: Cndair CL6002B19, Rapid City, SD, January 17, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2004, 22:11 local time
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Airport: Rapid City Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWIA
- Location: 44.0453° N, 103.0572° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0453&lon=-103.0572&mi=10
- Aircraft: N595SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N595SW-2015-11-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier CL-600-2B19 (registry code 1390008, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2b19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34 series (registry code 30015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CNDAIR CL6002B19
- Reported engine: GE CF34*
- People aboard: 35
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,015 total, 1,196 in this make and model, 195 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04IA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04IA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040117002589I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ELLSWORTH APP GAVE SKY WEST FLT 3855 THE WX - INDEFINITE CEILING AT ONE HUNDRED, VIS ONE QUARTER MILE AND FREEZING FOG AT 04:54 ZULU. FLT 3855 ENTERED HOLDING. AT 04:58 ZULU ELLSWORTH APP ISSUED ONE HALF MILE VIS. AT 04:59, ELLSWORTH GAVE VECTORS FOR THE ILS AT RAP. AT 05:04:53 ZULU, SKYWEST FLT 3855 WAS 12 MILES SOUTH OF RANCH NDB AND WAS GIVEN A HEADING OF 290 TO INTERCEPT. AT 05:08:18 ZULU, ELLSWORTH APP STATED "RAPID CITY WEATHER NOW REPORTS VISIBILITY ONE QUARTER." AT 05:09:09, FLT 3855 GAVE A PILOT REPORT OF MODERATE MIXED ICING AT 4700FEET. AT 05:09:20, FLT 3855 WAS TOLD TO CANCEL IFR OR DOWNTIME TO HURON FLIGHT SERVICE OR THIS FREQUENCY, CHANGE TO ADVISORY FREQUENCY APPROVED. AT 05:13:19 SKYWEST FLT. 3855 CANCELLED IFR. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE RAPID CITY AIRPORT, FLT. 3855 MADE A HARD LANDING AT APPROX 1976 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR HIT APPROX 2 TO 3 FEET OFF THE RUNWAY. THE ACFT WENT AIRBORNE AND WENT 286 FEET THE SCRAPPED THE LEFT WING TIP FOR APPROX 63 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT WENT AIRBORNE AND TRAVELED ABOUT 1050 FEET AND MADE ANOTHER HARD LAND. NO REPORTED INJURIES. 1/2 TO 3/4' ICE ON UNPROTECTED AREAS OF ACFT. PRELIM FDR INFO SHOWED THE INITIAL TOUCH DOWN TIME AT 05:11:28 ZULU.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI04IA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04IA056), Jan 18, 2004: Bombardier CL-600-2B19 (N595SW), Rapid City, SD, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The copilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during the landing and the captain's delay in initiating remedial action. Factors contributing to the accident were the low ceiling and low…

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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