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A gulfstream iv pilot reported encountering a downdraft on short final and hitting a light pole. The aircraft landed successfully.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1552158 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201806 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | MPMG.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Gulfstream IV / G350 / G450 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 80 Flight Crew Total 11400 Flight Crew Type 2800 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach |
Narrative:
An IFR international flight plan was scheduled to mpmg. All in route flight was performed as normal with no incidents. Upon arrival to the airport area; we were informed that our destination airport was closed due to heavy rain. In view of this circumstance; we requested to divert to a different airport.once we were vectored to that airport; we were notified by the ATC that another airport had better meteorological conditions and we decided to proceed to that airport and then notified to proceed with an RNAV approach. Once we were cleared there; ATC advised that mpmg had resumed operations and we could continue to our original destination. We were assigned a visual approach. We proceeded to perform a right down wind pattern to under visual approach with light rain. Once we were on the final approach we suffered a sudden descend and the copilot notified me that we were below the four (4) red pappi lights. I proceeded immediately to increase engine power and we heard an impact noise. We continued with the landing sequence without any eventuality. Once the passengers disembarked; we performed a 360 inspection on the aircraft and noticed all the damage that occurred.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Gulfstream IV pilot reported encountering a downdraft on short final and hitting a light pole. The aircraft landed successfully.
Narrative: An IFR international flight plan was scheduled to MPMG. All in route flight was performed as normal with no incidents. Upon arrival to the airport area; we were informed that our destination airport was closed due to heavy rain. In view of this circumstance; we requested to divert to a different airport.Once we were vectored to that airport; we were notified by the ATC that another airport had better meteorological conditions and we decided to proceed to that airport and then notified to proceed with an RNAV approach. Once we were cleared there; ATC advised that MPMG had resumed operations and we could continue to our original destination. We were assigned a Visual Approach. We proceeded to perform a right down wind pattern to under Visual Approach with light rain. Once we were on the final approach we suffered a sudden descend and the copilot notified me that we were below the four (4) red Pappi lights. I proceeded immediately to increase engine power and we heard an impact noise. We continued with the landing sequence without any eventuality. Once the passengers disembarked; we performed a 360 inspection on the aircraft and noticed all the damage that occurred.
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