# Incident 20231226020919I: Cessna 560XL, Bedford, MA, December 26, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 2023, 11:00 local time
- Place: Bedford, MA
- Airport: Laurence G Hanscom Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DRFA
- Location: 42.4699° N, 71.2890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAURENCE G HANSCOM FLD (BED), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4699&lon=-71.2890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N786TT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N786TT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 560XL (registry code 2076702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-560xl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545B (registry code 52186, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw545b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 560XL
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW545B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 13,500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231226020919I

## Narrative

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

SIC DEPARTED HYA TO BED AT 1000 EST 12/26/23. CONDITIONS AT BED WERE CLOSE TO MINIMUMS DUE TO HEAVY FOG IN THE AREA. NO ISSUES NOTED DURING FIRST PHASE OF THE FLIGHT. ON THE APPROACH TO BED, DENSE FOG WAS INCOUNTERED. JUST PRIOR TO MINIMUMS BEING REACHED, THE RUNWAY WAS SIGHTED WITH 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY AND 200 FEET VERTICAL VISIBILITY. AIRCRAFT WAS LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY. PIC CALLED FOR CONTROLS; HANDOFF WENT SMOOTHLY. SIC TWICE CALLED FOR A GO AROUND, PIC DECLINED AND PROCEEDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT. IMMEDIATLY AFTER LANDING, 3 RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS WERE STRUCK CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LEFT INBOARD FLAP AND THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE LOCAL FBO UNDER ITS OWN POWER.

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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