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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bombardier CL-600-2C10 · Denver, CO · February 9, 2018

Date: February 9, 2018 · 06:40 local
Place: Denver, CO
Airport: Denver International
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: N6WA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N162GJ
Reported as: Bombardier CL-600-2C10
Reported engine: GE CF34-8C5B1
People aboard: 74
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,500 total3,000 in this make and model99 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The first officer whom was flying the aircraft was behind in terms of configuring for landing and initiating the descent into den, as result of this he over controlled the aircraft by aggressive control inputs. The first was the rudder, with a significant amount of left rudder being applied to align the nose of the airplane with the runway followed by an application of right rudder (over correcting the over correction).

The captain quickly applied pressure to the rudders to prevent the first officer from continuing to over control the yaw motion. The touchdown was rough due to side-load on the gear. After touchdown, the thrust levers were set at about half travel causing the aircraft to become airborne again and drifting to the left side of the runway. The first officer introduced a bank to the right to return to centerline. The result of this over controlling caused the right wing tip to strike the runway causing minor damage to the wing tip area.

As the FAA filed it

THE FIRST OFFICER WHOM WAS FLYING THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEHIND IN TERMS OF CONFIGURING FOR LANDING AND INITIATING THE DESCENT INTO DEN, AS RESULT OF THIS HE OVER CONTROLLED THE AIRCRAFT BY AGGRESSIVE CONTROL INPUTS. THE FIRST WAS THE RUDDER, WITH A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LEFT RUDDER BEING APPLIED TO ALIGN THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE WITH THE RUNWAY FOLLOWED BY AN APPLICATION OF RIGHT RUDDER (OVER CORRECTING THE OVER CORRECTION).

THE CAPTAIN QUICKLY APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE RUDDERS TO PREVENT THE FIRST OFFICER FROM CONTINUING TO OVER CONTROL THE YAW MOTION. THE TOUCHDOWN WAS ROUGH DUE TO SIDE-LOAD ON THE GEAR. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE THRUST LEVERS WERE SET AT ABOUT HALF TRAVEL CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO BECOME AIRBORNE AGAIN AND DRIFTING TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE FIRST OFFICER INTRODUCED A BANK TO THE RIGHT TO RETURN TO CENTERLINE. THE RESULT OF THIS OVER CONTROLLING CAUSED THE RIGHT WING TIP TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE WING TIP AREA.