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A pilot reported impacting tree branches on short final during a night visual approach followed by a safe landing with no injuries.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1123868 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201310 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 4240 Flight Crew Type 30 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT Inflight Event / Encounter Object |
Narrative:
Well making an approach to runway 02 at night impacted tops of tree branches on short final landed safely no injuries to pilot or passengers. I will be taking additional training with a CFI regarding approaches and landing at night.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A pilot reported impacting tree branches on short final during a night visual approach followed by a safe landing with no injuries.
Narrative: Well making an approach to Runway 02 at night impacted tops of tree branches on short final landed safely no injuries to pilot or passengers. I will be taking additional training with a CFI regarding approaches and landing at night.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.