# Incident 20221229013819I: Fairchild SA227-AC, Thief River Fal, MN, December 29, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 2022, 17:25 local time
- Place: Thief River Fal, MN
- Airport: Thief River Falls Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BEMA
- Location: 48.0657° N, 96.1850° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at THIEF RIVER FALLS RGNL (TVF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0657&lon=-96.1850&mi=10
- Aircraft: N611BA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N611BA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild SA227-AC (registry code 3377509, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-sa227-ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Garrett TPE331-11U (registry code 29073, https://openairdocs.org/engine/garrett-tpe331-11u) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FAIRCHILD SA227-AC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,194 total, 44 in this make and model, 104 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221229013819I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT RIGHT OUTER WING MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND AFTER CROSSING THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD DURING THE LANDING SEQUENCE TO RUNWAY 31.  PIC ABORTED THE LANDING ATTEMPT AND INITIATED A GO-AROUND.  AFTER ENTERING THE RIGHT DOWNWIND PATTERN, THE PIC NOTICED THE RIGHT OUTER WING WAS BENT UP AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE.  PIC STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS "DIFFICULT TO HANDLE".  THE RIGHT OUTER WING DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE TRANSITION FROM BASE TO FINAL.  PIC STATED, "THE AIRCRAFT FLEW MUCH BETTER AFTER THE WING TIP SNAPPED OFF".   PIC WAS ABLE TO LAND SAFELY WITH NO FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PIC WAS NOT INJURED.

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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