# Incident 20170120015959I: Israel Aircraft Industries 1125 WESTWIND ASTRA, Waterloo, IA, January 20, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 2017, 17:35 local time
- Place: Waterloo, IA
- Airport: Waterloo Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5584° N, 92.4010° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATERLOO RGNL (ALO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5584&lon=-92.4010&mi=10
- Aircraft: N331SK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N331SK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Israel Aircraft Industries 1125 WESTWIND ASTRA (registry code 4500305, https://openairdocs.org/model/israel-aircraft-industries-1125-westwind-astra) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Garrett TFE731 series (registry code 29001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/garrett-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ISRAEL AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES 1125 WESTWIND ASTRA
- Reported engine: GARRETT TFE 731 SER
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170120015959I

## Narrative

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

SUMMARY OF THE FLIGHT FROM ELKHART, INDIANA (EKM) TO WATERLOO, IA (ALO) ON THE EVENING OF JANUARY 20, 2017:

N331SK WAS EN ROUTE FROM EKM TO ALO AND PRIOR TO CONTACTING WATERLOO APPROACH CONTROL, CREW RECEIVED THE ATIS, REPORTING THE WEATHER AS 300 OVERCAST AND 3/4 MILE VISIBILITY WITH RUNWAY 12 RVR OF 6000 FT (FORECAST WAS 500/3). CREW CONTACTED WATERLOO APPROACH AND WAS TOLD TO EXPECT VECTORS TO THE ILS 12 APPROACH. PIC BRIEFED THE ILS 12 APPROACH WITH FIRST OFFICER(FO)/COPILOT AND DISCUSSED THE PLAN TO DIVERT TO ST. LOUIS (STL) IF NECESSARY.  FIRST OFFICER REQUESTED THE RVR AND RECEIVED AN RVR VALUE OF 6000  FROM APPROACH. CREW WERE THEN VECTORED AND CLEARED FOR THE ILS 12 APPROACH AND INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT THE TOWER. TOWER CLEARED N331SK TO LAND AND AGAIN ISSUED A 6000 FT RVR. CREW FLEW  A STABILIZED APPROACH COUPLED TO THE AUTO-PILOT, WITH  STANDARD ALTITUDE CALL-OUTS BY THE FIRST OFFICER. THE FIRST OFFICER REPORTED THE APPROACH LIGHTS IN SIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 250 FEET AGL. PIC CONCURRED AND INDICATED THE APPROACH LIGHTS, RUNWAY END LIGHTS, AND RUNWAY ENVIRONMENT IN SIGHT. DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE LANDING CREW REALIZED THE VISIBILITY WAS NOT AS EXPECTED PER THE RVR VALUES ISSUED BY ATC. WHILE CORRECTING FOR MINOR DRIFT WING TIPS CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF WING TIP CONTACT DURING LANDING AND THE TIP DAMAGE WAS ONLY DISCOVERED DURING POST FLIGHT AND SECURING OF THE AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT CONDUCTED AN ILS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 12 AT THE WATERLOO REGIONAL AIRPORT (ALO) TO A FULL STOP LANDING.  NOTHING WAS REPORTED TO AIR TRAFFIC UNTIL TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2017, 3:45PM.  EMAIL FROM AIRPORT MANAGER INDICATED POSSIBLE INCIDENT CAUSING DAMAGE TO N331SK WHILE LANDING.

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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