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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 560 · Hutchinson, KS · July 27, 2020

Date
July 27, 2020 · 14:22 local
Place
Hutchinson, KS
Airport
Hutchinson Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
3EJA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N789JS
Reported as
Cessna 560
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW535B
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
12,190 total1,855 in this make and model114 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

The crew reported that while on RNAV GPS rnwy 31 approach, rain was passing over the field while we were established. No wind shear or anomalies were present during the approach. Weather conditions were above published minimums.

The crew had the runway in sight and continued. During flare and upon touchdown forward visibility reference was lost due to water accumulation on forward windshield. The pilot tracked left of center and made contact with a left runway light. Side window visibility was used as the pilot corrected with right rudder and asymmetrical braking returning to runway centerline. They continued ground rollout and taxied in using normal after landing and taxing procedures.

As the FAA filed it

THE CREW REPORTED THAT WHILE ON RNAV GPS RNWY 31 APPROACH, RAIN WAS PASSING OVER THE FIELD WHILE WE WERE ESTABLISHED. NO WIND SHEAR OR ANOMALIES WERE PRESENT DURING THE APPROACH. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE ABOVE PUBLISHED MINIMUMS.

THE CREW HAD THE RUNWAY IN SIGHT AND CONTINUED. DURING FLARE AND UPON TOUCHDOWN FORWARD VISIBILITY REFERENCE WAS LOST DUE TO WATER ACCUMULATION ON FORWARD WINDSHIELD. THE PILOT TRACKED LEFT OF CENTER AND MADE CONTACT WITH A LEFT RUNWAY LIGHT. SIDE WINDOW VISIBILITY WAS USED AS THE PILOT CORRECTED WITH RIGHT RUDDER AND ASYMMETRICAL BRAKING RETURNING TO RUNWAY CENTERLINE. THEY CONTINUED GROUND ROLLOUT AND TAXIED IN USING NORMAL AFTER LANDING AND TAXING PROCEDURES.