# Incident 20200222009269I: Beech A36, Wheeling, IL, February 22, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 2020, 12:25 local time
- Place: Wheeling, IL
- Airport: Chicago Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1149° N, 87.9020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO EXEC (PWK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1149&lon=-87.9020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N495GC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N495GC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,235 total, 608 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200222009269I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE TO LANDING GEAR COMPONENTS, AND STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT EXITED RUNWAY 16 INTO THE GRASS IN CROSSWIND CONDITIONS.

ON FEBRUARY 22, 2020 THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF A BE36 N495GC MADE A REPORTEDLY NORMAL TOUCH DOWN ON RUNWAY 16 AT CHICAGO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT. THE PILOT REPORTED A STRONG GUST WAS EXPERIENCED DURING ROLLOUT, AND THE AIRCRAFT LURCHED TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO APPLY LEFT RUDDER AND DISCOVERED THAT HE WAS NOT ABLE TO EXERT FULL CONTROL AUTHORITY. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE SEAT WAS NOT POSITIONED FORWARD ENOUGH TO EXERT THE RUDDER TO THE STOP. N495GC EXITED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT WITH THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOOR AND THEN TAXIED BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY.

AT THE TIME THE PILOT DID NOT KNOW THE AIRCRAFT HAD STRUCK THE RUNWAY LIGHT. BELIEVING THERE WAS NO DAMAGE, THE PILOT TAXIED N495GC TO THE HANGAR. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN THE HANGAR THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO ASCERTAIN THAT THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR. AIRPORT OPERATIONS AT CHICAGO EXECUTIVE THEN INSPECTED THE RUNWAY AND DISCOVERED THE DAMAGED RUNWAY LIGHT.

THE PILOT HAD AN A&P TECHNICIAN EVALUATE THE AIRCRAFT. THE PARTS THAT WERE DAMAGED WILL BE REPLACED.

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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