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Beech debonair attempting landing at night hits a 1 ft high berm leftover from runway grading as pilot controlled lighting goes off when aircraft 200 ft altitude.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 382177 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199709 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : c83 |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Bonanza 33 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 75 flight time total : 390 flight time type : 265 |
| ASRS Report | 382177 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility |
Narrative:
Returning from pleasure flight approximately XA45, byron airport, runway 23. Winds approximately 12-15 KTS, gusting to approximately 20 KTS. VFR pilot controled lighting. Runway lights on. Left downwind, base, final. Speed approximately 80 KTS short final, runway lights went off. Lost horizontal reference. Approximately altitude 200 ft. Field elevation 76 ft. Events happened quickly, landed. I was rolling on taxi ok. Thought I had landed on overrun, keeping plane in straight alignment. Suddenly, unexpectedly, hit something. Have a sensation of being launched airborne, settled nose down in soft dirt. Investigation showed there was an approximately 1 ft high dirt berm left over from runway grading. Nosewheel hit that then sheared off. If berm had been smoothed out, I would have continued to taxi onto overrun without incident. Can berm be graded? Perhaps prevent, future possible mishap. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter states that the damage to the aircraft was the nosewheel and the propeller. The engine is still being checked to see if any damage resulted. The airport manager knows of the situation and the FAA spoke with him about it. This berm is just a leftover from construction that occurred some time ago. Had that not been present there would have been no problem. Reporter indicated it would take very little to smooth it out. A small tractor could do the job and prevent another incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BEECH DEBONAIR ATTEMPTING LNDG AT NIGHT HITS A 1 FT HIGH BERM LEFTOVER FROM RWY GRADING AS PCL GOES OFF WHEN ACFT 200 FT ALT.
Narrative: RETURNING FROM PLEASURE FLT APPROX XA45, BYRON ARPT, RWY 23. WINDS APPROX 12-15 KTS, GUSTING TO APPROX 20 KTS. VFR PLT CTLED LIGHTING. RWY LIGHTS ON. L DOWNWIND, BASE, FINAL. SPD APPROX 80 KTS SHORT FINAL, RWY LIGHTS WENT OFF. LOST HORIZ REF. APPROX ALT 200 FT. FIELD ELEVATION 76 FT. EVENTS HAPPENED QUICKLY, LANDED. I WAS ROLLING ON TAXI OK. THOUGHT I HAD LANDED ON OVERRUN, KEEPING PLANE IN STRAIGHT ALIGNMENT. SUDDENLY, UNEXPECTEDLY, HIT SOMETHING. HAVE A SENSATION OF BEING LAUNCHED AIRBORNE, SETTLED NOSE DOWN IN SOFT DIRT. INVESTIGATION SHOWED THERE WAS AN APPROX 1 FT HIGH DIRT BERM LEFT OVER FROM RWY GRADING. NOSEWHEEL HIT THAT THEN SHEARED OFF. IF BERM HAD BEEN SMOOTHED OUT, I WOULD HAVE CONTINUED TO TAXI ONTO OVERRUN WITHOUT INCIDENT. CAN BERM BE GRADED? PERHAPS PREVENT, FUTURE POSSIBLE MISHAP. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THAT THE DAMAGE TO THE ACFT WAS THE NOSEWHEEL AND THE PROP. THE ENG IS STILL BEING CHKED TO SEE IF ANY DAMAGE RESULTED. THE ARPT MGR KNOWS OF THE SIT AND THE FAA SPOKE WITH HIM ABOUT IT. THIS BERM IS JUST A LEFTOVER FROM CONSTRUCTION THAT OCCURRED SOME TIME AGO. HAD THAT NOT BEEN PRESENT THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO PROB. RPTR INDICATED IT WOULD TAKE VERY LITTLE TO SMOOTH IT OUT. A SMALL TRACTOR COULD DO THE JOB AND PREVENT ANOTHER INCIDENT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.