# Incident 20190304016459I: Dassault Aviation FALCON 7X, Racine, WI, March 4, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2019, 09:42 local time
- Place: Racine, WI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7256° N, 87.8142° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Racine, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7256&lon=-87.8142&mi=10
- Aircraft: N989JW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N989JW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dassault FALCON 7X (registry code 2730176, https://openairdocs.org/model/dassault-falcon-7x) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW307D (registry code 53300, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw307d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DASSAULT AVIATION FALCON 7X
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW307D
- People aboard: 12
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,300 total, 67 in this make and model, 67 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190304016459I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 4, 2019, AIRCRAFT N989JW A FALCON 7X FLEW FROM ONTARIO, CANADA (CHYM) TO RACINE, WI (KRAC). THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING A PART 91 FLIGHT WITH 2 FLIGHT-CREW MEMBERS AND 10 PASSENGERS ONBOARD. THE FLIGHT HAD AN IFR (INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES) FLIGHT PLAN FILED. THE PILOT STATED THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR 10SM, WIND 290@13 GUST TO 21. ON APPROACH TO RACINE, WI (KRAC) RUNWAY 22 AT APPROXIMATELY 09:42, THE PLOT FLEW THE APPROACH WITH GLIDESLOPE AND ADJUSTED V REFERENCE FOR THE WINDS, 14-KNOT ADDITIVE (HALF THE STEADY STATE WIND PLUS ALL OF THE WIND GUST). THE PILOT STATED HE DISCONNECTED AUTOPILOT AND AUTO THROTTLES AT APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES OUT ON FINAL AND EXPERIENCED MODERATE TURBULENCE IN GUSTY CROSSWIND CONDITIONS. DURING THE ROUND OUT THE AIRPLANE FLOATED IN GROUND EFFECT, AS THE EXTRA AIRSPEED BLEED OFF, THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO SETTLE IN THE FLARE, JUST PAST THE TREE ROW THE WIND PICKED UP CAUSING THE RIGHT WING TO DROP AND THE AIRCRAFT TO WEATHERVANE. THE PILOT MADE IMMEDIATE CORRECTIONS TO MAINTAIN CENTERLINE AND LONGITUDINAL ALIGNMENT. TOUCHDOWN WAS NORMAL, SOFT WITH NO SIDE LOAD. THE CREW STATED THEY DID NOT HEAR OF FEEL ANYTHING INDICATING THE WING CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. THE DAMAGE TO THE SLAT WAS NOTICED ON THE POST FLIGHT INSPECTION. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SCRAPPING DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING SLAT FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGE LOWER SKIN INBOARD APPROXIMATELY 2.5 INCHES INBOARD AND 1.3 INCHES WIDE.

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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