First officer of an medium large transport temporarily lost aircraft control during landing in gusty crosswind condition striking wingtip before making a go around.

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Attributes
ACN	431380
Time
Date	199903
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ewr.airport
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : ewr.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	landing : go around
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	431380
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : turbulence inflight encounter other other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : executed go around none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

On landing in a crosswind at ewr, aircraft was stable until approximately 10 ft AGL. At that time a gust of wind hit aircraft and we decided to go around. Go around was accomplished with no problems. Found landing light hanging out of wingtip -- no other damage was noted.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FO OF AN MLG TEMPORARILY LOST ACFT CTL DURING LNDG IN GUSTY XWIND CONDITION STRIKING WINGTIP BEFORE MAKING A GAR.

Narrative: ON LNDG IN A XWIND AT EWR, ACFT WAS STABLE UNTIL APPROX 10 FT AGL. AT THAT TIME A GUST OF WIND HIT ACFT AND WE DECIDED TO GAR. GAR WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH NO PROBS. FOUND LNDG LIGHT HANGING OUT OF WINGTIP -- NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS NOTED.

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.