DC8. Aircraft engine pod scraped runway during landing.

Attributes
ACN	409276
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
Controlling Facilities	tower : lrd
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-8 63
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	landing other
Route In Use	arrival other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : private pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial
ASRS Report	409276
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne less severe inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : regained aircraft control other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

On landing flare, gust of wind struck aircraft. Wind reported at 120 degrees at 20 KTS, gusting to 30 KTS. Caused aircraft to bank sharply. Went around and returned and landed. On postflt, noted scrape on bottom of #1 engine cowling.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DC8. ACFT ENG POD SCRAPED RWY DURING LNDG.

Narrative: ON LNDG FLARE, GUST OF WIND STRUCK ACFT. WIND RPTED AT 120 DEGS AT 20 KTS, GUSTING TO 30 KTS. CAUSED ACFT TO BANK SHARPLY. WENT AROUND AND RETURNED AND LANDED. ON POSTFLT, NOTED SCRAPE ON BOTTOM OF #1 ENG COWLING.

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.