Pilot of an small aircraft sel lost control of his aircraft during landing and hit a runway edge light with a wingtip causing minor damage to the aircraft and light.

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Attributes
ACN	335874
Time
Date	199605
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : luk
State Reference	OH
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
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	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	other other : other pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 4500 flight time type : 100
ASRS Report	335874
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : radar
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : regained aircraft control
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Airspeed lowered too much on landing. Porpoised. Wingtip hit runway edge light. To prevent this from occurring again, come in on approach at a higher airspeed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT OF AN SMA SEL LOST CTL OF HIS ACFT DURING LNDG AND HIT A RWY EDGE LIGHT WITH A WINGTIP CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ACFT AND LIGHT.

Narrative: AIRSPD LOWERED TOO MUCH ON LNDG. PORPOISED. WINGTIP HIT RWY EDGE LIGHT. TO PREVENT THIS FROM OCCURRING AGAIN, COME IN ON APCH AT A HIGHER AIRSPD.

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.