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J3 piper cub, on skies, struck obstacle under the snow during landing causing the right landing gear to collapse and propeller and wingtip damage.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 498110 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200101 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ll53.airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : dfw.tower |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | J3 Cub |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 225 flight time total : 16700 flight time type : 5200 |
| ASRS Report | 498110 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ground encounters other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airport Environmental Factor |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
Narrative:
While doing practice lndgs on skies in snow covered field, right main caught something under snow, causing right main gear to fail. Touchdown was smooth 3 point landing, limiting damage to right gear, propeller and right wingtip.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: J3 PIPER CUB, ON SKIES, STRUCK OBSTACLE UNDER THE SNOW DURING LNDG CAUSING THE R LNDG GEAR TO COLLAPSE AND PROP AND WINGTIP DAMAGE.
Narrative: WHILE DOING PRACTICE LNDGS ON SKIES IN SNOW COVERED FIELD, R MAIN CAUGHT SOMETHING UNDER SNOW, CAUSING R MAIN GEAR TO FAIL. TOUCHDOWN WAS SMOOTH 3 POINT LNDG, LIMITING DAMAGE TO R GEAR, PROP AND R WINGTIP.
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.