<< >> NASA ASRS Report 408279, July 1998

Pilot of a C172 loses control of the aircraft during landing and porpoises several times coming down hard on the nosewheel causing the tire to blow out.

Attributes
ACN	408279
Time
Date	199807
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ojc
State Reference	KS
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : bdl
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 1 flight time total : 90 flight time type : 3
ASRS Report	408279
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : radar
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

During approach into ojc everything was going normally. I was on speed, but touched down a little hard on the main wheels (C172). We had a small bounce that was not unusual, but it continued to bounce a second time, a third, a fourth. I keep trying to keep the nose from touching (power was at idle). On about the fifth oscillation, the nosewheel touched first and the airplane stopped bouncing. I taxied off the runway and noticed I had blown the nosewheel tire. Contributing factors are: not properly trained on bad landing gars, lack of flight in past 5 months.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT OF A C172 LOSES CTL OF THE ACFT DURING LNDG AND PORPOISES SEVERAL TIMES COMING DOWN HARD ON THE NOSEWHEEL CAUSING THE TIRE TO BLOW OUT.

Narrative: DURING APCH INTO OJC EVERYTHING WAS GOING NORMALLY. I WAS ON SPD, BUT TOUCHED DOWN A LITTLE HARD ON THE MAIN WHEELS (C172). WE HAD A SMALL BOUNCE THAT WAS NOT UNUSUAL, BUT IT CONTINUED TO BOUNCE A SECOND TIME, A THIRD, A FOURTH. I KEEP TRYING TO KEEP THE NOSE FROM TOUCHING (PWR WAS AT IDLE). ON ABOUT THE FIFTH OSCILLATION, THE NOSEWHEEL TOUCHED FIRST AND THE AIRPLANE STOPPED BOUNCING. I TAXIED OFF THE RWY AND NOTICED I HAD BLOWN THE NOSEWHEEL TIRE. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS ARE: NOT PROPERLY TRAINED ON BAD LNDG GARS, LACK OF FLT IN PAST 5 MONTHS.

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.