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FAA incident report · Beech C90A · Wooster, OH · November 25, 2008

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Date
November 25, 2008 · 09:00 local
Place
Wooster, OH
Airport
Wayne County
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N96FA
Reported as
Beech C90A
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6*
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,525 total390 in this make and model55 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

(-23) privacy data omitted, was the PIC of king air N96FA when it landed in the grass following a GPS rwy 28 approach at Wayne County Airport (kbjj), Wooster, OH, no November 25, 2008. He stated he had obtained a report from UNICOM that the runway was wet. On the approach, he said he saw a clear strip and assumed that to be the runway. Just before toching down he realized that he was about to touchdown on grass, covered with some snow. He actually touched down between the runway and the taxiway. He then maneuvered onto the runway, and struck a runway light with one blade of his prop. He stated the runway edge identifier lights were not amed out of service, but that they were on medium intensity continuously. He said that in actuallity, they were not on. The weather at the time of the incident was reported to be 11 bkn, 1400 ovc, 3/4 mile visibility with snow. privacy data omitted Notified privacy data omitted of the mke FSDO of this incident on November 26, 2008 by telephone; and then faxed a written report to the mke FSDO. Tapes from cak approach confirm this account of the incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS THE PIC OF KING AIR N96FA WHEN IT LANDED IN THE GRASS FOLLOWING A GPS RWY 28 APPROACH AT WAYNE COUNTY AIRPORT (KBJJ), WOOSTER, OH, NO NOVEMBER 25, 2008. HE STATED HE HAD OBTAINED A REPORT FROM UNICOM THAT THE RUNWAY WAS WET. ON THE APPROACH, HE SAID HE SAW A CLEAR STRIP AND ASSUMED THAT TO BE THE RUNWAY. JUST BEFORE TOCHING DOWN HE REALIZED THAT HE WAS ABOUT TO TOUCHDOWN ON GRASS, COVERED WITH SOME SNOW. HE ACTUALLY TOUCHED DOWN BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND THE TAXIWAY. HE THEN MANEUVERED ONTO THE RUNWAY, AND STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT WITH ONE BLADE OF HIS PROP. HE STATED THE RUNWAY EDGE IDENTIFIER LIGHTS WERE NOT AMED OUT OF SERVICE, BUT THAT THEY WERE ON MEDIUM INTENSITY CONTINUOUSLY. HE SAID THAT IN ACTUALLITY, THEY WERE NOT ON. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO BE 11 BKN, 1400 OVC, 3/4 MILE VISIBILITY WITH SNOW. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NOTIFIED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF THE MKE FSDO OF THIS INCIDENT ON NOVEMBER 26, 2008 BY TELEPHONE; AND THEN FAXED A WRITTEN REPORT TO THE MKE FSDO. TAPES FROM CAK APPROACH CONFIRM THIS ACCOUNT OF THE INCIDENT.