Postflt inspection following an abnormal crosswind landing revealed propeller strike damage.

Attributes
ACN	305388
Time
Date	199505
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : elm
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : corporate
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 : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 73 flight time total : 9960 flight time type : 4320
ASRS Report	305388
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 73 flight time total : 5701 flight time type : 2470
ASRS Report	305698
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical conflict : ground less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other Other Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Normal approach to landing at elmira airport on runway 28. Surface wind 200-220 degrees variable at 11-17 KTS. Some gusts as runway parallels 2000 ft ridge. Continuous light turbulence on approach. Runway 24 closed for maintenance. On VASI until short final. Normal crosswind technique used with left wing low and right rudder. Crossing threshold power reduced and landing appeared normal with a firm touchdown (not a hard landing) with left main touching first followed quickly by right main and nose gear. Aircraft took a small bounce then settled back to runway as previously stated, but stayed on ground. Forward elevator and light reverse was applied throughout normal rollout. No braking was needed. Exited runway and taxied to parking. Upon exiting aircraft, discovered left propeller damage, tips bent and scraped. Left propeller must have touched runway on landing. We had no indication that this had happened during landing. I was amazed this could happen under the conditions described. I believe we must have landed nose first (although it did not appear that way). I have learned that extra caution must be used during crosswind landing to hold nose off in order to ensure adequate propeller clearance. Only damage was to propeller tips. Aircraft at elmira waiting delivery of new propeller. No passenger on board. Repositioning flight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: POSTFLT INSPECTION FOLLOWING AN ABNORMAL XWIND LNDG REVEALED PROP STRIKE DAMAGE.

Narrative: NORMAL APCH TO LNDG AT ELMIRA ARPT ON RWY 28. SURFACE WIND 200-220 DEGS VARIABLE AT 11-17 KTS. SOME GUSTS AS RWY PARALLELS 2000 FT RIDGE. CONTINUOUS LIGHT TURB ON APCH. RWY 24 CLOSED FOR MAINT. ON VASI UNTIL SHORT FINAL. NORMAL XWIND TECHNIQUE USED WITH L WING LOW AND R RUDDER. XING THRESHOLD PWR REDUCED AND LNDG APPEARED NORMAL WITH A FIRM TOUCHDOWN (NOT A HARD LNDG) WITH L MAIN TOUCHING FIRST FOLLOWED QUICKLY BY R MAIN AND NOSE GEAR. ACFT TOOK A SMALL BOUNCE THEN SETTLED BACK TO RWY AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, BUT STAYED ON GND. FORWARD ELEVATOR AND LIGHT REVERSE WAS APPLIED THROUGHOUT NORMAL ROLLOUT. NO BRAKING WAS NEEDED. EXITED RWY AND TAXIED TO PARKING. UPON EXITING ACFT, DISCOVERED L PROP DAMAGE, TIPS BENT AND SCRAPED. L PROP MUST HAVE TOUCHED RWY ON LNDG. WE HAD NO INDICATION THAT THIS HAD HAPPENED DURING LNDG. I WAS AMAZED THIS COULD HAPPEN UNDER THE CONDITIONS DESCRIBED. I BELIEVE WE MUST HAVE LANDED NOSE FIRST (ALTHOUGH IT DID NOT APPEAR THAT WAY). I HAVE LEARNED THAT EXTRA CAUTION MUST BE USED DURING XWIND LNDG TO HOLD NOSE OFF IN ORDER TO ENSURE ADEQUATE PROP CLRNC. ONLY DAMAGE WAS TO PROP TIPS. ACFT AT ELMIRA WAITING DELIVERY OF NEW PROP. NO PAX ON BOARD. REPOSITIONING FLT.

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.