# Incident 20070416016949I: Cessna 680CE, Wilmington, DE, April 16, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2007, 00:53 local time
- Place: Wilmington, DE
- Airport: New Castle
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6787° N, 75.6066° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW CASTLE (ILG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6787&lon=-75.6066&mi=10
- Aircraft: N711NK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 680CE
- Reported engine: PWC PW306C
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 150 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070416016949I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 1 AT ILG IN VMC CONDITIONS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE WINDSHEAR THE NOSEWHEEL TOUCHED DOWN, THE AIRCRAFT WEATHERVANED AND HYDROPLANED AND THE NOSE TIRE STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT. THE PILOT INITIATED A GO AROUND AND DIVERTED TO PHL. WINDS AT THE APPROXIMATE TIME OF TOUCHDOWN WERE 310 AT 24 GUST TO 37 KNOTS. THE RIGHT NOSE TIRE RECEIVED DAMAGE FROM STRIKING A RUNWAY LIGHT.

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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