# Incident 20220721007779I: Cessna CE-680, Kotzebue, AK, July 21, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2022, 07:17 local time
- Place: Kotzebue, AK
- Airport: Ralph Wien Memorial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: WGBF
- Location: 66.8848° N, 162.5981° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALPH WIEN MEML (OTZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.8848&lon=-162.5981&mi=10
- Aircraft: C-GDCP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA CE-680
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220721007779I

## Narrative

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

AS REPORTED BY PIC: ON THE ROLLOUT SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELLED THROUGH STANDING WATER ON AND TO THE LEFT OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE RUNWAY. THE CREW FELT A BUMP AS IF THE AIRCRAFT WENT OVER A DIP OR POTHOLE ON THE RUNWAY. DURING THE AFTER LANDING CHECK, THE FLAPS FAILED AT 15 DEGREES AND COULD NOT BE RESET. AFTER SHUTTING DOWN, THE CREW DISCOVERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT INBOARD FLAP PANEL CAUSED BY THE WATER FROM THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR HITTING THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FLAP PANEL.

THE AIRCRAFT HAD TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 1000? DOWN THE RUNWAY AND ON CENTERLINE. THE STANDING WATER WAS ENCOUNTERED ABOUT 1500? FROM THE THRESHOLD (BETWEEN TAXIWAYS D AND E) AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 90-100 KNOTS.

THE INCIDENT WAS DISCUSSED WITH THE DOT AIRPORT MAINTENANCE PERSON ON DUTY. HE STATED THAT THE DIP IN THE RUNWAY WAS A KNOWN ISSUE AND HAD BEEN NOTAMED AND THAT OTHER AIRCRAFT HAD ALSO BEEN DAMAGED IN THE PAST. HE LATER DETERMINED THAT THE NOTAM HAD BEEN CANCELLED THE PREVIOUS DAY AND WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO US THE DAY OF ARRIVAL. AIRPORT MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WOULD USUALLY SWEEP THE STANDING WATER OUT OF THE DIP AFTER RAINFALL, BUT DUE TO OUR TIME OF ARRIVAL THIS HAD NOT YET BEEN DONE. AIRFIELD FSS AND MAINTENANCE WERE OPEN AT 0700 LOCAL TIME. HE ALSO STATED THAT ?LOCAL? CREWS KNEW ABOUT THE ISSUE AND WOULD LAND RIGHT OF THE CENTER LINE TO AVOID THE DIP. HE DROVE US OUT TO THE RUNWAY TO OBSERVE THE STANDING WATER. WE ESTIMATED THE WATER TO BE 2 TO 3 INCHES DEEP IN SOME SPOTS.

COMMENT FROM INVESTIGATING INSPECTOR: ACCORDING TO NTSB, SINCE THE DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE FLAP, THE DAMAGE WAS "MINOR" THEREFORE CLASSIFIED AS AN INCIDENT.

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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