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A light twin pilot reported hitting tree limbs on a night approach to runway 14 at 14A.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 850616 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200909 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | 14A.Airport |
| State Reference | NC |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 15 Flight Crew Total 850 Flight Crew Type 225 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
I flew into 14A after dark. I shot the full GPS 14 approach because I was not familiar with the airport. After approaching itoye at 1;420 ft MSL the runway was directly in front of the airplane and I began a slow descent to runway 14. I routinely fly out of 3000 ft runways and runway 14 is 3;147 ft long. When I land on a short runway I try to touchdown within 100 ft of the numbers to allow time for deceleration and braking to stop the airplane. On this descent to runway 14 the trees on the approach end seemed to be a lot taller than described in the departure procedures and the left wing of the airplane made contact with the top limb of a tree. The left wing sustained damage to the end cap and a 'skin' inboard of the end cap. After impact with the tree limb the airplane made an uneventful landing. This airport seems to need a way to communicate how dangerous the trees are at the end of the runway in relation to the slope of the runway either by way of NOTAM or other means.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A light twin pilot reported hitting tree limbs on a night approach to Runway 14 at 14A.
Narrative: I flew into 14A after dark. I shot the full GPS 14 Approach because I was not familiar with the airport. After approaching ITOYE at 1;420 FT MSL the runway was directly in front of the airplane and I began a slow descent to Runway 14. I routinely fly out of 3000 FT runways and Runway 14 is 3;147 FT long. When I land on a short runway I try to touchdown within 100 FT of the numbers to allow time for deceleration and braking to stop the airplane. On this descent to Runway 14 the trees on the approach end seemed to be a lot taller than described in the departure procedures and the left wing of the airplane made contact with the top limb of a tree. The left wing sustained damage to the end cap and a 'skin' inboard of the end cap. After impact with the tree limb the airplane made an uneventful landing. This airport seems to need a way to communicate how dangerous the trees are at the end of the runway in relation to the slope of the runway either by way of NOTAM or other means.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.