Biplane pilot reports hard landing on grass on a private airport.

Attributes
ACN	222675
Time
Date	199209
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz airport : coe
State Reference	ID
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : tus
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 10 flight time total : 700 flight time type : 30
ASRS Report	222675
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other anomaly other
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:

Landing on private grass field, partially blinded by setting sun, flared high, landed hard. In the future would consider using opposite runway even with slight tailwind.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BIPLANE PLT RPTS HARD LNDG ON GRASS ON A PRIVATE ARPT.

Narrative: LNDG ON PRIVATE GRASS FIELD, PARTIALLY BLINDED BY SETTING SUN, FLARED HIGH, LANDED HARD. IN THE FUTURE WOULD CONSIDER USING OPPOSITE RWY EVEN WITH SLIGHT TAILWIND.

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.