# Accident 20091130052809A: Pilatus Bri BN-2B-26, Pago Pago, AS, November 30, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 2009, 11:00 local time
- Place: Pago Pago, AS
- Airport: Pago Pago International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: II9A
- Location: 14.3317° S, 170.7114° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-14.3317&lon=-170.7114&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27BN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N27BN-2013-07-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pilatus Britten-Norman BN-2B-26 (registry code 7090229, https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-britten-norman-bn-2b-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PILATUS BRI BN-2B-26
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 13,530 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 116 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10CA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091130052809A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 30, 2009, AT 0000 GMT, A BRITTEN-NORMAN BN-2B-26 AIRPLANE, N27BN, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING ASSEMBLY WHEN THE AIRCRAFT PERFORMED A HARD LANDING ON RUNWAY 26 AT THE PAGO PAGO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN AMERICAN SAMOA.  INTER ISLAND AIRWAYS, INC. OPERATED THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91, WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC), WAS THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD THE AIRPLANE AND WAS NOT INJURED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR10CA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA077), Nov 30, 2009: Pilatus Britten-Norman BN-2B-26 (N27BN), Pago Pago, Antarctica, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's action to maneuver the airplane to avoid a collision with a flock of birds while on final approach, resulting in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident were the birds.

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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