Aircraft damaged in landing procedure crosswind landing.

Attributes
ACN	281184
Time
Date	199408
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ga39
State Reference	GA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : tpa
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 20 flight time total : 144 flight time type : 91
ASRS Report	281184
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 runway 30, hodges air park, slight crosswind from left. At time of flare, a gust of wind from the left caused left wing to rise. Pilot corrected with aileron to lower left wing and aircraft landed on left wheel followed by right gear and nosewheel. Aircraft was tracking to the left of centerline on narrow grass runway. Pilot added power but could not straighten aircraft before landing gear struck a drainage ditch perpendicular to the runway. Aircraft twisted clockwise on landing gear, damaging landing gear, wing tips, and propeller. Although the landing approach seemed normal, and very little crosswind correction was needed, pilot should have kept approach speed higher than normal in anticipation of gusty wind and landed long. The drainage ditch is approximately 300- 400 ft from approach end of runway. The ditch is the narrowest section of the grass runway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT DAMAGED IN LNDG PROC XWIND LNDG.

Narrative: LNDG ON RWY 30, HODGES AIR PARK, SLIGHT XWIND FROM L. AT TIME OF FLARE, A GUST OF WIND FROM THE L CAUSED L WING TO RISE. PLT CORRECTED WITH AILERON TO LOWER L WING AND ACFT LANDED ON L WHEEL FOLLOWED BY R GEAR AND NOSEWHEEL. ACFT WAS TRACKING TO THE L OF CTRLINE ON NARROW GRASS RWY. PLT ADDED PWR BUT COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN ACFT BEFORE LNDG GEAR STRUCK A DRAINAGE DITCH PERPENDICULAR TO THE RWY. ACFT TWISTED CLOCKWISE ON LNDG GEAR, DAMAGING LNDG GEAR, WING TIPS, AND PROP. ALTHOUGH THE LNDG APCH SEEMED NORMAL, AND VERY LITTLE XWIND CORRECTION WAS NEEDED, PLT SHOULD HAVE KEPT APCH SPD HIGHER THAN NORMAL IN ANTICIPATION OF GUSTY WIND AND LANDED LONG. THE DRAINAGE DITCH IS APPROX 300- 400 FT FROM APCH END OF RWY. THE DITCH IS THE NARROWEST SECTION OF THE GRASS 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.