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FAA incident report · Cessna U206F · Sargent, NE · October 27, 2005

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Date
October 27, 2005 · 13:00 local
Place
Sargent, NE
Airport
Sargent Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N625KW
Reported as
Cessna U206F
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
800 total650 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days
N625KWRegistered now · Cessna U206FS/N U20602635 · Built 1974Airframe modelCessna U206FEngine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) On approach to landing at the Sargent Municipal Airport, Sargent, Nebraska, the aircraft struck a runway threshold light with the propeller tip. The pilot was aiming for the beginning of the runway, to land on the threshold, when he encountered wind shear and he experienced a loss of lift. Conditions at Sargent were gusty winds and clear skies. The Sargent Municipal Airport does not have a VASI or PAPI to give the pilot any vertical path information. There was minor damage to one propeller blade tip and one runway threshold light was broken.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON APPROACH TO LANDING AT THE SARGENT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, SARGENT, NEBRASKA, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A RUNWAY THRESHOLD LIGHT WITH THE PROPELLER TIP. THE PILOT WAS AIMING FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE RUNWAY, TO LAND ON THE THRESHOLD, WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED WIND SHEAR AND HE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF LIFT. CONDITIONS AT SARGENT WERE GUSTY WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES. THE SARGENT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT DOES NOT HAVE A VASI OR PAPI TO GIVE THE PILOT ANY VERTICAL PATH INFORMATION. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO ONE PROPELLER BLADE TIP AND ONE RUNWAY THRESHOLD LIGHT WAS BROKEN.