# Incident 20071226831089I: Raythn C90GT, Romeo, MI, December 26, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 2007, 08:00 local time
- Place: Romeo, MI
- Airport: Romeo State
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7963° N, 82.9742° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROMEO STATE (D98), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7963&lon=-82.9742&mi=10
- Aircraft: N590GT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N590GT-2010-06-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon C90GT (registry code 7150062, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-c90gt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHN C90GT
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A135A
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 500 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071226831089I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ROMEO STATE AIRPORT, D98, AT 0757 LOCAL TIME, AT OR NEAR MAXIMUM TAKEOFF GROSS WEIGHT. ROMEO AIRPORT HAS NO METEOROLOGICAL DATA; HOWEVER, NEARBY SELFRIDGE AFB, MI REPORTED CALM WIND, VISIBILITY 1/4 MILE IN FREEZING FOG, RVR MORE THAN 6000', VERTICAL VISIBILITY 200', TEMPERATURE -6, DEWPOINT -7, ALTIMETER 30.16. THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER LIFT-OFF, HE BECAME DISTRACTED. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TREE WITH THE LEFT WING, SUSTAINING DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE AND WING TIP. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE FLYING AND LANDED SUCCESSFULLY AT FLINT BISHOP AIRPORT, MI.

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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