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C172 pilot reported contact with runway edge lights during a night landing caused unidentified damage to the propeller and wing strut.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1537081 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201804 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Propeller Blade |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 1 Flight Crew Total 255 Flight Crew Type 245 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Ground Event / Encounter Object Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
During a short night fight to ZZZ; I mistakenly mistook the runway centerline lights and right side runway edge lights as the runway resulting in hitting two runway edge lights when the plane drifted right in a crosswind. At the time of landing; I heard a loud bang under the plane and upon landing inspected the underside of the plane for damage and found none. There was however damage to the prop and right strut that I did not see. There were no injuries contributing factors: the controller at departure airport did not provide direction to switch to approach and I called to request a frequency change within 5 miles of ZZZ causing pilot distraction. ZZZ needed to vector me behind an arriving jet creating additional pilot distraction. I was returning later than I wanted causing internal pressure to land. The approach was not stabilized and I was forcing the landing. I have limited night approaches.how it was discovered: the next person to fly the plane the next day found the damage to the prop and right strut. Subsequent investigation by the club board determined that I had impacted the edge lights.I believed I was right of centerline however did not realize how far right I actually was. Distractions and limited night landing experience. The most contribution factor was not making the decision to go around during a bad approach.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C172 pilot reported contact with runway edge lights during a night landing caused unidentified damage to the propeller and wing strut.
Narrative: During a short night fight to ZZZ; I mistakenly mistook the runway centerline lights and right side runway edge lights as the runway resulting in hitting two runway edge lights when the plane drifted right in a crosswind. At the time of landing; I heard a loud bang under the plane and upon landing inspected the underside of the plane for damage and found none. There was however damage to the prop and right strut that I did not see. There were no injuries Contributing Factors: The controller at departure airport did not provide direction to switch to Approach and I called to request a frequency change within 5 miles of ZZZ causing pilot distraction. ZZZ needed to vector me behind an arriving jet creating additional pilot distraction. I was returning later than I wanted causing internal pressure to land. The approach was not stabilized and I was forcing the landing. I have limited night approaches.How it was discovered: The next person to fly the plane the next day found the damage to the prop and right strut. Subsequent investigation by the club board determined that I had impacted the edge lights.I believed I was right of centerline however did not realize how far right I actually was. Distractions and limited night landing experience. The most contribution factor was not making the decision to go around during a bad approach.
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.