Pilot lost control of GA small aircraft and skidded into a snow bank on landing at glr.

Attributes
ACN	166676
Time
Date	199012
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : glr
State Reference	MI
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 15 flight time total : 277
ASRS Report	166676
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Overflew airport at pattern altitude the windsock was froze in place. Ran downwind and base and final for runway 27 using 2 clicks of flap. Ran final on centerline. Seemed a little high. Touched down 3' or so off center to right. Wind caught plane on run out and pushed into snow banks. Tried 3 or 4 times to contact tower on approach to glr. No answer. Contacted an small aircraft running VOR approach. Verify radios working came in on same runway instructed to takeoff on. Tower says wind was 18 at 10. Pilot doing touch and goes says it was 14 at 15.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT LOST CONTROL OF GA SMA AND SKIDDED INTO A SNOW BANK ON LNDG AT GLR.

Narrative: OVERFLEW ARPT AT PATTERN ALT THE WINDSOCK WAS FROZE IN PLACE. RAN DOWNWIND AND BASE AND FINAL FOR RWY 27 USING 2 CLICKS OF FLAP. RAN FINAL ON CTRLINE. SEEMED A LITTLE HIGH. TOUCHED DOWN 3' OR SO OFF CTR TO R. WIND CAUGHT PLANE ON RUN OUT AND PUSHED INTO SNOW BANKS. TRIED 3 OR 4 TIMES TO CONTACT TWR ON APCH TO GLR. NO ANSWER. CONTACTED AN SMA RUNNING VOR APCH. VERIFY RADIOS WORKING CAME IN ON SAME RWY INSTRUCTED TO TKOF ON. TWR SAYS WIND WAS 18 AT 10. PLT DOING TOUCH AND GOES SAYS IT WAS 14 AT 15.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.