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Turboprop pilot reported contacting a tree during a night IMC RNAV (GPS) runway 11 approach to orh. A go-around was initiated and the flight diverted to an alternate airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1447796 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201705 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ORH.Airport |
| State Reference | MA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Other RNAV (GPS) Runway 11 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 157 Flight Crew Total 9291 Flight Crew Type 3780 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT Inflight Event / Encounter Object |
Narrative:
Conducting a GPS lpv approach to runway 11 at orh. It was night and the weather was changing rapidly due to a frontal system just to the north. Everything appeared to be normal through the final approach fix riloc. The autopilot captured the course and the glide path. At 1500 MSL I called 300 above minimums. A few seconds later the radar altimeter activated which was set to 204 ft AGL. About a second or two after that I felt a bump in the rudder pedals. I immediately executed a missed approach and climbed. I found out later after I had landed at [a different airport] that I had contacted a tree with my wingtip.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Turboprop pilot reported contacting a tree during a night IMC RNAV (GPS) Runway 11 approach to ORH. A go-around was initiated and the flight diverted to an alternate airport.
Narrative: Conducting a GPS LPV approach to Runway 11 at ORH. It was night and the weather was changing rapidly due to a frontal system just to the north. Everything appeared to be normal through the final approach fix RILOC. The autopilot captured the course and the glide path. At 1500 MSL I called 300 above minimums. A few seconds later the radar altimeter activated which was set to 204 ft AGL. About a second or two after that I felt a bump in the rudder pedals. I immediately executed a missed approach and climbed. I found out later after I had landed at [a different airport] that I had contacted a tree with my wingtip.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.