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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Rockwell International 690A · Oshkosh, WI · January 13, 2012

Date: January 13, 2012 · 17:06 local
Place: Oshkosh, WI
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N32WS
Reported as: Rockwell International 690A
Reported engine: AiResearch TPE331 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,244 total2,500 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N32WSRegistered now · Rockwell International 690AS/N 11339 · Built 1976 Airframe modelRockwell International 690A Engine modelAiResearch TPE331 seriesTurbo-prop

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Aircraft touched down and began to drift towards the right side of runway 36. He applied left rudder but believed he was slipping on ice as it was dark and he did not have runway breaking conditions at the time. However, runway was clear with good breaking conditions. He did not use thrust reverse. Aircraft departed runway, hit a runway sign collapsing the right main gear causing propeller damage and sudden stoppage to the right engine.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND BEGAN TO DRIFT TOWARDS THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 36. HE APPLIED LEFT RUDDER BUT BELIEVED HE WAS SLIPPING ON ICE AS IT WAS DARK AND HE DID NOT HAVE RUNWAY BREAKING CONDITIONS AT THE TIME. HOWEVER, RUNWAY WAS CLEAR WITH GOOD BREAKING CONDITIONS. HE DID NOT USE THRUST REVERSE. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY, HIT A RUNWAY SIGN COLLAPSING THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR CAUSING PROPELLER DAMAGE AND SUDDEN STOPPAGE TO THE RIGHT ENGINE.