# Incident 20180121001069I: Cessna 340A, Gwinn, MI, January 21, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 2018, 13:30 local time
- Place: Gwinn, MI
- Airport: Sawyer International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.2854° N, 87.4419° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gwinn, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2854&lon=-87.4419&mi=10
- Aircraft: N371S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N371S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 22,000 total, 60 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180121001069I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 21, 2018 AT 13:30 EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST), A CESSNA CE-340 AIRCRAFT, N371S, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND OPERATED BY KUBIC AVIATION SERVICES INC. FOR A PERSONAL FLIGHT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN IT TOUCHED DOWN, WITH ITS LANDING GEAR RETRACTED, ON  RUNWAY 01 AT SAWYER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, (KSAW) MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN.

THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 WITH A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM IRON MOUNTAIN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KIMT), KINGSFORD, MI AT APPROXIMATELY 13:10 EST.

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 01 AND DURING THE FLARE HE, NOTICED THE GEAR WARNING HORN AND STALL WARNING HORN, IMMEDIATELY APPLIED FULL POWER TO BOTH ENGINES, AND BEGAN A GO-AROUND. BOTH AIRCRAFT PROPELLER TIPS AND THE BELLY ANTENNA HIT THE RUNWAY AND WERE CURLED BACK. THE PILOT CIRCLED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 19 AND TAXIED CLEAR OF THE ACTIVE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT DID A RUN UP OF BOTH ENGINES TO ASCERTAIN IF HE HAD OVER BOOSTED THEM. HE STATED THAT EVERYTHING SEEMED NORMAL SO HE DEPARTED TO KIMT WITHOUT PICKING UP HIS PASSENGER.  UPON ARRIVAL AT KIMT HE NOTICED THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. WEATHER AT KSAW AIRPORT AT 18:45Z WAS: WIND 050 DEGREES AT 4 KNOTS, VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES, SCATTERED AT 3000 FEET, TEMP -3°F DEW POINT -1°F AND ALTIMETER 29.95.

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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