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| Attributes | |
| ACN | 831384 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200904 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 600 Flight Crew Type 330 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control |
Narrative:
After an uneventful normal approach while flaring to touchdown; I experienced wind gusts from multiple directions causing the right wingtip to strike the ground and suffer minimum damage approximately 15 inches and as I righted the airplane; the gusts caused a propeller strike; I turned the ignition and the magnetos and fuel selector to 'off' positions.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C182 pilot encountered multiple wind gusts after landing resulting in a wing and prop strike.
Narrative: After an uneventful normal approach while flaring to touchdown; I experienced wind gusts from multiple directions causing the right wingtip to strike the ground and suffer minimum damage approximately 15 inches and as I righted the airplane; the gusts caused a propeller strike; I turned the ignition and the magnetos and fuel selector to 'off' positions.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.