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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A36 · Greensboro, NC · October 28, 2013

Date: October 28, 2013 · 17:00 local
Place: Greensboro, NC
Airport: Southeast Greensboro
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9YT
Reported as: Beech A36
Reported engine: Continental IO-550 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,408 total1,000 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days

N9YTRegistered now · Beech A36S/N E-3125 · Built 1997 Airframe modelBeech A36 Engine modelContinental IO-550 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Aircraft was on approach to rwy 17, slightly left of centerline. Left wing struck the top of a small tree, 12'-14' high, approximately 80' from the runway threshold, 27' lateral to centerline of the runway. The landing was otherwise routine. The resulting damage to the aircraft was a 1.1" deep dent into the left wing leading edge skin approximately 2' inboard from the wing tip with no apparent secondary structural damage.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS ON APPROACH TO RWY 17, SLIGHTLY LEFT OF CENTERLINE. LEFT WING STRUCK THE TOP OF A SMALL TREE, 12'-14' HIGH, APPROXIMATELY 80' FROM THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD, 27' LATERAL TO CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY. THE LANDING WAS OTHERWISE ROUTINE. THE RESULTING DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS A 1.1" DEEP DENT INTO THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE SKIN APPROXIMATELY 2' INBOARD FROM THE WING TIP WITH NO APPARENT SECONDARY STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.