# Incident 20141227023089I: Beech 58P, Willimantic, CT, December 27, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2014, 18:15 local time
- Place: Willimantic, CT
- Airport: Windham
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7440° N, 72.1802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WINDHAM (IJD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7440&lon=-72.1802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58TB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N58TB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58P (registry code 1152744, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 786 total, 20 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141227023089I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 27 2014, AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 HOURS, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS OPERATING N58TB FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING NIGHT CURRENCY. WHILE ON A VISUAL STRAIGHT IN FIVE MILE FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 27 AT WINDHAM AIRPORT IN WILLIMANTIC, CONNECTICUT; MR. GAVIN STATED THAT AT APPROXIMATELY .4 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT, AT AN ALTITUDE OF ONE HUNDRED FEET, WHEN HE VIEWED TREES IN HIS FLIGHT PATH ILLUMINATED BY THE AIRCRAFTS' LANDING LIGHTS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN LANDING CONFIGURATION WHEN THE TREES WERE SPOTTED. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE TREE(S) IN HIS FLIGHT PATH.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE APPLIED POWER TO THE AIRCRAFT ENGINES AND THE AIRCRAFT RESPONDED NORMALLY. HE PERFORMED A MISSED APPROACH TO RUNWAY 27, RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR AND PERFORMED A CONTROL SURFACE FUNCTIONAL CHECK. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REDIRECTED HIS FLIGHT FROM WINDHAM AIRPORT TO IGOR SIKORSKY MEMORIAL AIRPORT AND LANDED AT WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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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