<< >> NASA ASRS Report 320057, October 1995

Pilot of an atx small aircraft sel made hard landing causing the nosewheel to fold back. Pilot aborted landing and diverted to another airport.

Attributes
ACN	320057
Time
Date	199510
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mll
State Reference	AK
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	other other : other pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 190 flight time total : 5250 flight time type : 25
ASRS Report	320057
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter other other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	faa : investigated other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I experienced turbulence and downdrafts that put me on extra alert, when I got close to marshall. I entered traffic pattern and decided to land runway 11. (Winds where e-se at 12-15 KTS.) on short final, maybe 10-15 ft high, the aircraft got caught in a downdraft, with the result that it nosed over while falling rapidly. I added power and elevator back-pressure, but unable to recover. The nosewheel hit the ground hard and bent at an angle backwards. After the nosewheel touched, the airplane bounced back up in the air and with already full power, flew on without any trouble. I knew that something was wrong with the nosewheel due to the sounds I heard upon impact. I returned to my base and had somebody look at my nosewheel while doing a fly-by. It was then that it was determined that the nosewheel was bent backwards. I proceeded thereafter to bethel and did an emergency landing. Runway should be lengthened and leveled, maybe even moved to a different location away from the hills.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT OF AN ATX SMA SEL MADE HARD LNDG CAUSING THE NOSEWHEEL TO FOLD BACK. PLT ABORTED LNDG AND DIVERTED TO ANOTHER ARPT.

Narrative: I EXPERIENCED TURB AND DOWNDRAFTS THAT PUT ME ON EXTRA ALERT, WHEN I GOT CLOSE TO MARSHALL. I ENTERED TFC PATTERN AND DECIDED TO LAND RWY 11. (WINDS WHERE E-SE AT 12-15 KTS.) ON SHORT FINAL, MAYBE 10-15 FT HIGH, THE ACFT GOT CAUGHT IN A DOWNDRAFT, WITH THE RESULT THAT IT NOSED OVER WHILE FALLING RAPIDLY. I ADDED PWR AND ELEVATOR BACK-PRESSURE, BUT UNABLE TO RECOVER. THE NOSEWHEEL HIT THE GND HARD AND BENT AT AN ANGLE BACKWARDS. AFTER THE NOSEWHEEL TOUCHED, THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED BACK UP IN THE AIR AND WITH ALREADY FULL PWR, FLEW ON WITHOUT ANY TROUBLE. I KNEW THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE NOSEWHEEL DUE TO THE SOUNDS I HEARD UPON IMPACT. I RETURNED TO MY BASE AND HAD SOMEBODY LOOK AT MY NOSEWHEEL WHILE DOING A FLY-BY. IT WAS THEN THAT IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE NOSEWHEEL WAS BENT BACKWARDS. I PROCEEDED THEREAFTER TO BETHEL AND DID AN EMER LNDG. RWY SHOULD BE LENGTHENED AND LEVELED, MAYBE EVEN MOVED TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION AWAY FROM THE HILLS.

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.