Left landing gear damaged and collapses while landing.

Attributes
ACN	227605
Time
Date	199211
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : 12n
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	instruction : trainee
Qualification	pilot : student
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 10 flight time total : 10 flight time type : 10
ASRS Report	227605
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	instruction : instructor
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 40 flight time total : 450 flight time type : 2
ASRS Report	227702
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:

With instructor returning to home field after an hour of flight training. Flying an small aircraft. Had just done approximately 4 touchdowns and lndgs at a neighboring grass strip without incident or difficulty. This was my first experience in the small aircraft. All of my previous training in tail draggers has been in an small aircraft X. Made an apparently normal approach, slight crosswind from the left. Upon touching the ground (it seemed), the plane went into an uncontrolled slide ahead and to the left for approximately 100 ft, ending off the runway, on the soft grass and dirt. No bounce, no sudden deceleration, no swerving back and forth. No one was injured. Propeller was bent, left wheel and gear were collapsed and under the fuselage. The left wing did not touch the ground. A runway light was damaged. Supplemental information from acn 227702: normal approach made to runway. Aircraft touched down 2 ft before paved surface. Left landing gear collapsed on contact with 1/2 inch pavement lip at end of runway. CFI misjudged float onto runway. Strongly suspect cracked or weakened landing gear before incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: L LNDG GEAR DAMAGED AND COLLAPSES WHILE LNDG.

Narrative: WITH INSTRUCTOR RETURNING TO HOME FIELD AFTER AN HR OF FLT TRAINING. FLYING AN SMA. HAD JUST DONE APPROX 4 TOUCHDOWNS AND LNDGS AT A NEIGHBORING GRASS STRIP WITHOUT INCIDENT OR DIFFICULTY. THIS WAS MY FIRST EXPERIENCE IN THE SMA. ALL OF MY PREVIOUS TRAINING IN TAIL DRAGGERS HAS BEEN IN AN SMA X. MADE AN APPARENTLY NORMAL APCH, SLIGHT XWIND FROM THE L. UPON TOUCHING THE GND (IT SEEMED), THE PLANE WENT INTO AN UNCTLED SLIDE AHEAD AND TO THE L FOR APPROX 100 FT, ENDING OFF THE RWY, ON THE SOFT GRASS AND DIRT. NO BOUNCE, NO SUDDEN DECELERATION, NO SWERVING BACK AND FORTH. NO ONE WAS INJURED. PROP WAS BENT, L WHEEL AND GEAR WERE COLLAPSED AND UNDER THE FUSELAGE. THE L WING DID NOT TOUCH THE GND. A RWY LIGHT WAS DAMAGED. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 227702: NORMAL APCH MADE TO RWY. ACFT TOUCHED DOWN 2 FT BEFORE PAVED SURFACE. L LNDG GEAR COLLAPSED ON CONTACT WITH 1/2 INCH PAVEMENT LIP AT END OF RWY. CFI MISJUDGED FLOAT ONTO RWY. STRONGLY SUSPECT CRACKED OR WEAKENED LNDG GEAR BEFORE INCIDENT.

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.