<< >> NASA ASRS Report 831712, April 2009

C172 pilot landed in strong crosswind; lost control momentarily; and propeller blades made contact with runway.

Attributes
ACN	831712
Time
Date	200904
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 15 Flight Crew Total 180 Flight Crew Type 15
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control

Narrative:

I was landing on runway 14 at ZZZ. Wind was 080 degrees at 12 KTS gusting to 22 KTS. At the time of touching down; a wind gust caught the C172 and blew it so that it turned to the left on the runway. I corrected and in correcting; the propeller struck the runway. I was asked if I needed assistance by the tower. I declined; and proceeded to taxi under my own power to parking. Once the plane was stopped; I noticed the propeller had struck the runway and that both tips were bent back about 3 inches. No one was injured. Plane taxied to the ramp under its own power.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172 pilot landed in strong crosswind; lost control momentarily; and propeller blades made contact with runway.

Narrative: I was landing on Runway 14 at ZZZ. Wind was 080 degrees at 12 KTS gusting to 22 KTS. At the time of touching down; a wind gust caught the C172 and blew it so that it turned to the left on the runway. I corrected and in correcting; the propeller struck the runway. I was asked if I needed assistance by the Tower. I declined; and proceeded to taxi under my own power to parking. Once the plane was stopped; I noticed the propeller had struck the runway and that both tips were bent back about 3 inches. No one was injured. Plane taxied to the ramp under its own power.

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.