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An experimental tail dragger aircraft pilot; used to a narrow runway; flared high and landed hard on a 150 ft wide runway because of a depth perception error. The landing collapsed the right gear and resulted in a propeller strike.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1123614 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201310 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Amateur/Home Built/Experimental |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | Direct Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 1800 Flight Crew Type 12 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft |
Narrative:
I was flying a small tail dragger. On approach to runway 4; a very wide (150 ft) runway; I flared a little too high which resulted in a hard landing which collapsed the right landing gear and allowed the prop to strike. The large and wide runway (much bigger than my recent experience) gave me the impression I was lower than I was; resulting in the hard landing. For others it would be helpful to double check altitude in this situation of tricky depth perception.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An experimental tail dragger aircraft pilot; used to a narrow runway; flared high and landed hard on a 150 FT wide runway because of a depth perception error. The landing collapsed the right gear and resulted in a propeller strike.
Narrative: I was flying a small tail dragger. On approach to Runway 4; a very wide (150 FT) runway; I flared a little too high which resulted in a hard landing which collapsed the right landing gear and allowed the prop to strike. The large and wide runway (much bigger than my recent experience) gave me the impression I was lower than I was; resulting in the hard landing. For others it would be helpful to double check altitude in this situation of tricky depth perception.
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.