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A motor glider pilot and instructor reported loss of directional control during landing when the aircraft wingtip contacted corn planted along the edge of the runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1373553 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201607 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Diamond Aircraft Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Rudder Control System |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Glider |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 11 Flight Crew Total 170 Flight Crew Type 120 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Instructor |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 11 Flight Crew Total 7100 Flight Crew Type 175 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Event / Encounter Object Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach |
Narrative:
Upon landing on private grass runway; left wingtip struck corn and spun the motor glider around to the left into the corn field. No injuries to anyone involved. Runway is crowned for drainage purposes. The motor glider's left wheel went left of crown on landing roll and the right rudder was not sufficient to bring it back to center which caused left wing tip to hit corn.correction or prevention of this would be better directional control on landing roll.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A motor glider pilot and instructor reported loss of directional control during landing when the aircraft wingtip contacted corn planted along the edge of the runway.
Narrative: Upon landing on private grass runway; left wingtip struck corn and spun the motor glider around to the left into the corn field. No injuries to anyone involved. Runway is crowned for drainage purposes. The motor glider's left wheel went left of crown on landing roll and the right rudder was not sufficient to bring it back to center which caused left wing tip to hit corn.Correction or prevention of this would be better directional control on landing roll.
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.