Light transport pilot hits nose wheel on lip of runway on approach.

Attributes
ACN	225351
Time
Date	199211
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sat
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	other
Make Model Name	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 70 flight time total : 4100 flight time type : 60
ASRS Report	225351
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other spatial deviation
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:

Aircraft was on final for a visual approach to runway 30R at san antonio international when an increase in sink rate was noted by the pilot. Corrective actions consisted of adding power and increasing pitch. Sink rate was arrested, but the aircraft touched the ground approximately 20 ft short of the runway. At touchdown the rate of descent was within the landing limits for the airplane. The nose wheel hit the runway lip and was pushed up into the air increasing the angle of attack of the wing and resulting in the aircraft ballooning into the air. The main landing gear may or may not have hit the runway lip. The aircraft was recovered and relanded without further incident on the runway. No gear anomalies were indicated in the cockpit and the aircraft was taxied back to the ramp. Post-flight inspection revealed damage to the nosewheels and repairable damage to the nose section of the aircraft. There were no injuries to the crew. Short landing was the result of pilot error. Damage to the aircraft was the result of a sharp 6 inch lip at the end of the runway. Recommend that rounded runway lips and shoulders be considered when constructing airports.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LTT PLT HITS NOSE WHEEL ON LIP OF RWY ON APCH.

Narrative: ACFT WAS ON FINAL FOR A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 30R AT SAN ANTONIO INTL WHEN AN INCREASE IN SINK RATE WAS NOTED BY THE PLT. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS CONSISTED OF ADDING PWR AND INCREASING PITCH. SINK RATE WAS ARRESTED, BUT THE ACFT TOUCHED THE GND APPROX 20 FT SHORT OF THE RWY. AT TOUCHDOWN THE RATE OF DSCNT WAS WITHIN THE LNDG LIMITS FOR THE AIRPLANE. THE NOSE WHEEL HIT THE RWY LIP AND WAS PUSHED UP INTO THE AIR INCREASING THE ANGLE OF ATTACK OF THE WING AND RESULTING IN THE ACFT BALLOONING INTO THE AIR. THE MAIN LNDG GEAR MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HIT THE RWY LIP. THE ACFT WAS RECOVERED AND RELANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT ON THE RWY. NO GEAR ANOMALIES WERE INDICATED IN THE COCKPIT AND THE ACFT WAS TAXIED BACK TO THE RAMP. POST-FLT INSPECTION REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE NOSEWHEELS AND REPAIRABLE DAMAGE TO THE NOSE SECTION OF THE ACFT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE CREW. SHORT LNDG WAS THE RESULT OF PLT ERROR. DAMAGE TO THE ACFT WAS THE RESULT OF A SHARP 6 INCH LIP AT THE END OF THE RWY. RECOMMEND THAT ROUNDED RWY LIPS AND SHOULDERS BE CONSIDERED WHEN CONSTRUCTING ARPTS.

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.