<< >> NASA ASRS Report 404250, May 1998

First officer of an air carrier medium large transport momentarily lost control of aircraft during landing in a gusty crosswind resulting in the right wing scraping the runway and breaking the wing navigation light.

Attributes
ACN	404250
Time
Date	199805
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ewr
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	landing other
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 9900 flight time type : 1200
ASRS Report	404250
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Aircraft landing runway 22R (ewr) visual approach in VMC conditions. Winds 300 degrees gusting to 20 KTS. First officer was flying. Aircraft was flown to the runway on the VASI lights, on proper glide path, red over white, to touchdown. At approximately 500 ft AGL, tower was reporting +10 KT wind at 500 ft AGL. There was no noticeable change in speed in cockpit. The aircraft was controllable through all phases of the approach. At touchdown the aircraft ballooned approximately 5 ft. The first officer corrected with a wings level pitch attitude. Then right wing went down (fell) and scraped the right landing light. No injury to passenger or crew. Aircraft was inspected, light replaced and returned to service in approximately 2 hours of occurrence.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FO OF AN ACR MLG MOMENTARILY LOST CTL OF ACFT DURING LNDG IN A GUSTY XWIND RESULTING IN THE R WING SCRAPING THE RWY AND BREAKING THE WING NAV LIGHT.

Narrative: ACFT LNDG RWY 22R (EWR) VISUAL APCH IN VMC CONDITIONS. WINDS 300 DEGS GUSTING TO 20 KTS. FO WAS FLYING. ACFT WAS FLOWN TO THE RWY ON THE VASI LIGHTS, ON PROPER GLIDE PATH, RED OVER WHITE, TO TOUCHDOWN. AT APPROX 500 FT AGL, TWR WAS RPTING +10 KT WIND AT 500 FT AGL. THERE WAS NO NOTICEABLE CHANGE IN SPD IN COCKPIT. THE ACFT WAS CONTROLLABLE THROUGH ALL PHASES OF THE APCH. AT TOUCHDOWN THE ACFT BALLOONED APPROX 5 FT. THE FO CORRECTED WITH A WINGS LEVEL PITCH ATTITUDE. THEN R WING WENT DOWN (FELL) AND SCRAPED THE R LNDG LIGHT. NO INJURY TO PAX OR CREW. ACFT WAS INSPECTED, LIGHT REPLACED AND RETURNED TO SVC IN APPROX 2 HRS OF OCCURRENCE.

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.