MU2B PLT HAS RWY EXCURSION DURING LNDG AND STRIKES RWY EDGE LIGHT AT DET.
Synopsis
MU2B PLT HAS RWY EXCURSION DURING LNDG AND STRIKES RWY EDGE LIGHT AT DET.
Narrative
THE WX IN THE DETROIT AREA UPON ARR WAS GOOD VMC; EXCEPT FOR THE EASTERN SUBURBS WHERE DET IS LOCATED. ATIS INFO INDICATED A VISIBILITY OF 2 MI. I FLEW THE ILS RWY 15 APCH TO MINIMUMS AND SAW ONLY THE STROBE LIGHTS EMBEDDED IN THE CLOUD. AS I EXECUTED THE MISSED APCH AND FLEW OVER THE DEP END OF RWY 15; I COULD SEE PORTIONS OF THE RWY. I MENTIONED THIS TO THE TWR AND HE SAID THAT THE CEILING AND VISIBILITY WERE CHANGING RAPIDLY; BUT THAT IT LOOKED LIKE THE CLOUDS MAY HAVE MOVED EASTWARD AWAY FROM THE APCH END OF RWY 15. AFTER BEING VECTORED FOR ANOTHER APCH; I SAW THE RWY END IDENTIFIER LIGHTS AND THEN THE RWY LIGHTS AND COMPLETED THE APCH AND LNDG. WHEN I BROKE OUT OVER THE RWY IN DETERIORATING VISIBILITY; I WAS MISALIGNED WITH THE RWY CTRLINE. CORRECTING TO THE L FOR TOUCHDOWN AND THEN BACK TO THE R AFTER TOUCHDOWN; I OVERCORRECTED SOMEWHAT AND SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION BY ARPT OPS PERSONNEL SHOWED THAT I HAD STRUCK 1 RWY EDGE LIGHT. THIS WAS PER CONVERSATION WITH THAT ARPT OPS DIVISION EMPLOYEE WHO INTERVIEWED ME ABOUT 1 HR AFTER I LANDED. THIS WAS IN RESPONSE TO MY TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH THE TWR OPERATOR INFORMING HIM THAT MY ROUTINE POSTFLT INSPECTION INDICATED SOME DAMAGE TO 2 PROP BLADES ON THE R HAND ENG; AS WELL AS SOME SCUFFING DAMAGE TO A FIBERGLASS FAIRING ON THE R SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE OPPOSITE THE PROP. THERE WAS ALSO A PERFORATION OF THAT FAIRING. IN RETROSPECT; IT IS CLR THAT I SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY GONE MISSED APCH FOR A SECOND TIME WHEN I BROKE OUT SLIGHTLY R OF CTRLINE; BUT I REALLY THOUGHT THAT A SMALL CORRECTION WAS ALL THAT WAS REQUIRED. OBVIOUSLY IT TURNED OUT TO BE AN OVERCORRECTION.
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