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Flight crew of a DC8-63 scraped the #1 engine cowling on the runway during landing in gusty crosswind condition.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 409181 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199807 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lrd |
| State Reference | TX |
| 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 | DC-8 63 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | landing : go around landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 173 flight time total : 3400 flight time type : 300 |
| ASRS Report | 409181 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
During landing flare, wind gust struck aircraft from the east, causing a sharp left bank. Go around was initiated and returned for normal landing. Postflt inspection revealed scrape on lower #1 engine cowl. It appears wind was stronger than reported. When exiting aircraft, windsock was observed to be fully extended and dust was blowing in the air. More accurate wind reports could have improved the situation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A DC8-63 SCRAPED THE #1 ENG COWLING ON THE RWY DURING LNDG IN GUSTY XWIND CONDITION.
Narrative: DURING LNDG FLARE, WIND GUST STRUCK ACFT FROM THE E, CAUSING A SHARP L BANK. GAR WAS INITIATED AND RETURNED FOR NORMAL LNDG. POSTFLT INSPECTION REVEALED SCRAPE ON LOWER #1 ENG COWL. IT APPEARS WIND WAS STRONGER THAN RPTED. WHEN EXITING ACFT, WINDSOCK WAS OBSERVED TO BE FULLY EXTENDED AND DUST WAS BLOWING IN THE AIR. MORE ACCURATE WIND RPTS COULD HAVE IMPROVED THE SIT.
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.