# Incident 20090808048279I: Raytheon Ai A36, Westerly, RI, August 8, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2009, 11:30 local time
- Place: Westerly, RI
- Airport: Westerly State
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3496° N, 71.8034° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WESTERLY STATE (WST), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3496&lon=-71.8034&mi=10
- Aircraft: N358SA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N358SA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon A36 (registry code 7150001, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AI A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 475 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090808048279I

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 32 AT WST.  AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY VERY HARD IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE WITH THE NOSEWHEEL IMPACTING FIRST.  THE IMPACT CAUSED THE FORK ON THE NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLY TO BREAK RESULTING IN NOSEWHEEL SEPARATION.  THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED FOR APPROXIMATELY 913 FEET BEFORE COMING TO REST JUST OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  AS A RESULT OF THE NOSEWHEEL SEPARATION, THE PROPELLER MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY AND CONTINUED TO ROTATE AND CONTACT THE RUNWAY UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST.

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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