Narrative:

The flight was a local chkout in the owner's homebuilt. Preflight briefing included some specific flight characteristics and systems. The owner was in the right seat and I was in the left. We took off and flew the local area for about 30 mins, then flew over to corbon county for transition work. I made the first landing and it was uneventful. We shut down and visited the owner's friends at the airport. After the visit we again flew some transition. Again, I was in the left seat. Takeoff was normal, although the brakes were weak, especially the right one. The owner stated this had been the case and that he intended to correct the situation. Takeoff was normal and so was the approach. Full flaps were selected as they had been on the first landing. The T/D was firm and we bounced. I decided to initiate a go around and added power and rotated to a takeoff attitude. The aircraft did not climb or respond to central inputs. Power was pulled off and the aircraft touched down with the left wheel off to the left side of the runway. Before the aircraft could be returned to the runway, a landing light was struck. The aircraft was returned to the runway and control was transferred to the owner. We taxied to the end of the runway and while turning the airplane, the right side of the aircraft struck a taxi light. There was minimal damage to the aircraft--paint scrapes and dings. The lights broke off at their collar break points, as they were designed. The problem on the go around was the flap position being a full flaps; they did not allow the aircraft to transition to a flight condition. We never really briefed a go around with the flaps at full. The taxi light was due to the weak right brake.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA HOME-BUILT DOES RWY EXCURSION AFTER BOUNCED LNDG.

Narrative: THE FLT WAS A LCL CHKOUT IN THE OWNER'S HOMEBUILT. PREFLT BRIEFING INCLUDED SOME SPECIFIC FLT CHARACTERISTICS AND SYSTEMS. THE OWNER WAS IN THE RIGHT SEAT AND I WAS IN THE LEFT. WE TOOK OFF AND FLEW THE LCL AREA FOR ABOUT 30 MINS, THEN FLEW OVER TO CORBON COUNTY FOR TRANSITION WORK. I MADE THE FIRST LNDG AND IT WAS UNEVENTFUL. WE SHUT DOWN AND VISITED THE OWNER'S FRIENDS AT THE ARPT. AFTER THE VISIT WE AGAIN FLEW SOME TRANSITION. AGAIN, I WAS IN THE LEFT SEAT. TKOF WAS NORMAL, ALTHOUGH THE BRAKES WERE WEAK, ESPECIALLY THE RIGHT ONE. THE OWNER STATED THIS HAD BEEN THE CASE AND THAT HE INTENDED TO CORRECT THE SITUATION. TKOF WAS NORMAL AND SO WAS THE APCH. FULL FLAPS WERE SELECTED AS THEY HAD BEEN ON THE FIRST LNDG. THE T/D WAS FIRM AND WE BOUNCED. I DECIDED TO INITIATE A GAR AND ADDED PWR AND ROTATED TO A TKOF ATTITUDE. THE ACFT DID NOT CLB OR RESPOND TO CENTRAL INPUTS. PWR WAS PULLED OFF AND THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN WITH THE LEFT WHEEL OFF TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY. BEFORE THE ACFT COULD BE RETURNED TO THE RWY, A LNDG LIGHT WAS STRUCK. THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO THE RWY AND CONTROL WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE OWNER. WE TAXIED TO THE END OF THE RWY AND WHILE TURNING THE AIRPLANE, THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ACFT STRUCK A TAXI LIGHT. THERE WAS MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE ACFT--PAINT SCRAPES AND DINGS. THE LIGHTS BROKE OFF AT THEIR COLLAR BREAK POINTS, AS THEY WERE DESIGNED. THE PROB ON THE GAR WAS THE FLAP POS BEING A FULL FLAPS; THEY DID NOT ALLOW THE ACFT TO TRANSITION TO A FLT CONDITION. WE NEVER REALLY BRIEFED A GAR WITH THE FLAPS AT FULL. THE TAXI LIGHT WAS DUE TO THE WEAK RIGHT BRAKE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.