# Incident 20170123006969I: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, White Plains, NY, January 23, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 2017, 20:33 local time
- Place: White Plains, NY
- Airport: Westchester County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0670° N, 73.7076° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WESTCHESTER COUNTY (HPN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0670&lon=-73.7076&mi=10
- Aircraft: N523GB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 511 total, 18 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170123006969I

## Narrative

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

JANUARY 28,2017 AT 20:33 EST-

AIRMAN ^BUSCA^ WAS PIC OF AIRCRAFT N523GB. WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO KHPN AIRPORT, AIRMAN ^BUSCA'S^ AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE TOPS OF TREES LOCATED NEAR THE END OF RUNWAY 29. AIRMAN ^BUSCA^ DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND PERFORMED A GO-AROUND FOLLOWED BY A NORMAL LANDING ON RUNWAY 34. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AND TAXIED OFF THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY SAFELY. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT SUFFERED NO INJURIES. NO PASSENGERS WERE ONBOARD.

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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