Small aircraft pilot has hard landing due possible down burst.

Attributes
ACN	213246
Time
Date	199206
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : wlw
State Reference	CA
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
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 : 618 flight time type : 262
ASRS Report	213246
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified cockpit
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Weather
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Aircraft dropped onto runway before time to flare. Possible down burst. Power was applied to stay airborne, however aircraft impacted before leveling off. Not much to be done in this case, except as always hand on the throttle and eyes on the runway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA PLT HAS HARD LNDG DUE POSSIBLE DOWN BURST.

Narrative: ACFT DROPPED ONTO RWY BEFORE TIME TO FLARE. POSSIBLE DOWN BURST. PWR WAS APPLIED TO STAY AIRBORNE, HOWEVER ACFT IMPACTED BEFORE LEVELING OFF. NOT MUCH TO BE DONE IN THIS CASE, EXCEPT AS ALWAYS HAND ON THE THROTTLE AND EYES ON THE RWY.

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.