<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1447796, May 2017

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.

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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.