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Student pilot of a mooney aircraft porpoises during landing resulting in the instructor taking control of the aircraft to the final and third touchdown landing. After parking it was noticed that the propeller blade tip was bent back.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 408011 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199806 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : orl |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Mooney Aircraft Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot instruction : instructor |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 270 flight time total : 1300 flight time type : 4 |
| ASRS Report | 408011 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot instruction : trainee |
| Qualification | pilot : student |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
After a normal approach and roundout my student continued to flare the aircraft, it bounced very slightly on the main landing gear. When it returned to the ground it made contact, nosewheel first, then the main landing gear second. Again the aircraft became airborne. I took the controls of the aircraft and applied full power. The aircraft landed firmly on the mains and we taxied off the runway to the local FBO. After being marshalled to our parking spot, I pulled the mixture to idle cutoff. When the propeller ceased to rotate, it appeared that 2 inches of the only visible blade was slightly bent.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: STUDENT PLT OF A MOONEY ACFT PORPOISES DURING LNDG RESULTING IN THE INSTRUCTOR TAKING CTL OF THE ACFT TO THE FINAL AND THIRD TOUCHDOWN LNDG. AFTER PARKING IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE PROP BLADE TIP WAS BENT BACK.
Narrative: AFTER A NORMAL APCH AND ROUNDOUT MY STUDENT CONTINUED TO FLARE THE ACFT, IT BOUNCED VERY SLIGHTLY ON THE MAIN LNDG GEAR. WHEN IT RETURNED TO THE GND IT MADE CONTACT, NOSEWHEEL FIRST, THEN THE MAIN LNDG GEAR SECOND. AGAIN THE ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE. I TOOK THE CTLS OF THE ACFT AND APPLIED FULL PWR. THE ACFT LANDED FIRMLY ON THE MAINS AND WE TAXIED OFF THE RWY TO THE LCL FBO. AFTER BEING MARSHALLED TO OUR PARKING SPOT, I PULLED THE MIXTURE TO IDLE CUTOFF. WHEN THE PROP CEASED TO ROTATE, IT APPEARED THAT 2 INCHES OF THE ONLY VISIBLE BLADE WAS SLIGHTLY BENT.
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.