Luscombe pilot reported reactive maneuvering while landing with skis resulted in a damaged landing g...

Attributes
ACN	1608236
Time
Date	201812
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Luscombe Model 8/Luscombe 50
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 1850 Flight Crew Type 200
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach

Narrative:

While flying my luscombe 8A it suffered minor damage to the gear and wing. I was getting use to flying the luscombe with skis on snow/ice. While landing there was glare ice I did not account for and there was not enough runway remaining to slow down. There was also not enough runway remaining to safely do a go around. I attempted to make s-turns in an effort to slow the aircraft down before the end of the runway and in the process folded the right gear leg under the fuselage. This could have been avoided with a modification to the gear (ski strut); but the modification is not required and wasn't recommend while installing the skis. I came to a stop 20 feet from the end of the runway with the aircraft resting on the gear and right wing tip. Had I made the decision to go around I know there would not have been enough runway remaining for me to do it successfully. Had I continued straight I would have flipped the aircraft off of the end of the runway [where] there is a 20 foot drop off.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Luscombe pilot reported reactive maneuvering while landing with skis resulted in a damaged landing gear leg and ground strike.

Narrative: While flying my Luscombe 8A it suffered minor damage to the gear and wing. I was getting use to flying the Luscombe with skis on snow/ice. While landing there was glare ice I did not account for and there was not enough runway remaining to slow down. There was also not enough runway remaining to safely do a go around. I attempted to make s-turns in an effort to slow the aircraft down before the end of the runway and in the process folded the right gear leg under the fuselage. This could have been avoided with a modification to the gear (ski strut); but the modification is not required and wasn't recommend while installing the skis. I came to a stop 20 feet from the end of the runway with the aircraft resting on the gear and right wing tip. Had I made the decision to go around I know there would not have been enough runway remaining for me to do it successfully. Had I continued straight I would have flipped the aircraft off of the end of the runway [where] there is a 20 foot drop off.

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.