Flight crew of a corporate jet reported hitting a tree top on a night visual approach.

Attributes
ACN	1740942
Time
Date	202004
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Bombardier/Canadair Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250 Flight Crew Total 7500 Flight Crew Type 1500
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 16000 Flight Crew Type 7000
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

I was performing a repositioning flight. It was a clear moonless night. I was the pilot flying from the right seat. Before departure I briefed the pilot monitoring that I would be doing an RNAV approach because of the lack of visual guidance at this airport. I intercepted the final approach at the FAF and tracked it inbound; keeping the vpath indicator perfectly centered. At approximately 400 ft. AGL I transitioned the visual keeping the GPS vpath centered and just before touchdown at approximately 75 ft. AGL I heard a sound resembling the sound I have heard when I hit a bird. The pilot monitoring and I discussed the obvious - that we had contacted treetops. After a very normal landing and taxi to the FBO we discovered minor damage.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Flight crew of a corporate jet reported hitting a tree top on a night visual approach.

Narrative: I was performing a repositioning flight. It was a clear moonless night. I was the Pilot Flying from the right seat. Before departure I briefed the Pilot Monitoring that I would be doing an RNAV approach because of the lack of visual guidance at this airport. I intercepted the final approach at the FAF and tracked it inbound; keeping the VPATH indicator perfectly centered. At approximately 400 ft. AGL I transitioned the visual keeping the GPS VPATH centered and just before touchdown at approximately 75 ft. AGL I heard a sound resembling the sound I have heard when I hit a bird. The Pilot Monitoring and I discussed the obvious - that we had contacted treetops. After a very normal landing and taxi to the FBO we discovered minor damage.

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