# Incident 20080128009759I: Cndair CL6002C10, St Louis, MO, January 28, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 2008, 20:33 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert-St Louis International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: N6WA
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N156GJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CNDAIR CL6002C10
- People aboard: 65
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 270 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080128009759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE FIRST OFFICER, THE FLYING PILOT, WAS CONDUCTING A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 11. WHEN THE FLIGHT WAS ISSUED A LANDING CLEARANCE, ATC REPORTED WINDS OF 190 DEGREES AT 13 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 21 KNOTS. AS THE AIRCRAFT TURNED FINAL, BOTH CREWMEMBERS STATED THEY OBSERVED ALL WHITE LIGHTS ON THE PAPI INDICATING THE AIRCRAFT WAS HIGH ON THE APPROACH. THE FIRST OFFICER INCREASED THE DESCENT RATE TO ATTEMPT TO INTERCEPT THE GLIDEPATH. BOTH CREWMEMBERS STATED THE CAPTAIN THEN CALLED OUT "SINK RATE" DUE TO AN EXCESSIVE DESCENT RATE. THE FIRST OFFICER AND AN INDIVIDUAL OCCUPYING THE FLIGHT DECK JUMPSEAT STATED THE APPROACH CONTINUED TO BE UNSTABLE WITH AIRSPEED FLUCTUATIONS AND DESCENT RATE FLUCTUATIONS ALL THE WAY TO TOUCHDOWN. AT ABOUT 100 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN AIRSPEED DECREASE DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS. AT APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET THE AIRCRAFT BANKED SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE. THE CAPTAIN STATED AT THIS POINT, HE "CAME ON THE CONTROLS WITH THE FIRST OFFICER" AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT. IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DISCOVERED THAT THE OUTBOARD FORWARD EDGE OF THE RIGHT SLAT STRUCK THE RUNWAY CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.

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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