Citabria flown by prospective buyer upside down on landing grant, mi.

Attributes
ACN	447939
Time
Date	199909
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : 01c.airport
State Reference	MI
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : sav.tower
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Champion Citabria
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Route In Use	approach : traffic pattern approach : visual arrival : vfr
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 4 flight time total : 868 flight time type : 325
ASRS Report	447939
Person 2
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Events
Anomaly	ground encounters other non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	atc equipment other atc equipment : visual other controllera other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

I was riding with mr X for a prepurchase flight in my 1970 citabria. Took off and flew around pattern at grant airport. Mr X was flying, then decided to land plane. Approach was fine. On touchdown, bounced once, then again. On third time, plane went on nose, then over on back. No injuries. On first bounce, I thought mr X still had it under control. On second bounce, I was reaching to take over controls, but couldn't get on controls in time to save the plane.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CITABRIA FLOWN BY PROSPECTIVE BUYER UPSIDE DOWN ON LNDG GRANT, MI.

Narrative: I WAS RIDING WITH MR X FOR A PREPURCHASE FLT IN MY 1970 CITABRIA. TOOK OFF AND FLEW AROUND PATTERN AT GRANT ARPT. MR X WAS FLYING, THEN DECIDED TO LAND PLANE. APCH WAS FINE. ON TOUCHDOWN, BOUNCED ONCE, THEN AGAIN. ON THIRD TIME, PLANE WENT ON NOSE, THEN OVER ON BACK. NO INJURIES. ON FIRST BOUNCE, I THOUGHT MR X STILL HAD IT UNDER CTL. ON SECOND BOUNCE, I WAS REACHING TO TAKE OVER CTLS, BUT COULDN'T GET ON CTLS IN TIME TO SAVE THE PLANE.

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.