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An instructor pilot monitoring the performance of his student's third supervised solo witnesses a balloon; a bounce and a subsequent porpoising touchdown that caused the nose gear to collapse and resulted in a prop strike.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 855343 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200910 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | DA40 Diamond Star |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Maintenance Powerplant Maintenance Airframe |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 260 Flight Crew Total 2850 Flight Crew Type 2600 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Student |
| Experience | Flight Crew Total 89 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control |
Narrative:
The solo student pilot owner in the diamond da 40 had accumulated a total of 89 flight hours. He received flight release from me (his instructor) to conduct a third solo; he planned to do touch-and-go landings. The student stated that during his first landing on runway 23 he initially ballooned and corrected by releasing the back pressure to stop the balloon; then he bounced once. The second time he touched down; the nose gear collapsed and the propeller struck the runway. I believe the student had three chances to go around but failed to do so as he was trained to. It appeared that he carried extra airspeed during the approach but elected to save the landing. He allowed the airplane to balloon during his level off but again failed to initiate go-around procedures. He released back-pressure to stop the ballooning. However; he landed flat and bounced back into the air; (he should have initiated go-around procedures this time) porpoised and the nose gear struck the runway. As remedial training we will focus on stalls and recovery but; importantly; go around procedures. Go-around procedures will have the same emphasis as stalls and simulated engine out procedures. I will be more vigilant to identify students that get tunnel-vision toward landings and perceived going-around as a failure. Go-around procedures will be practiced on every single flight lesson like engine out procedures are.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An instructor pilot monitoring the performance of his student's third supervised solo witnesses a balloon; a bounce and a subsequent porpoising touchdown that caused the nose gear to collapse and resulted in a prop strike.
Narrative: The solo student pilot owner in the Diamond DA 40 had accumulated a total of 89 flight hours. He received flight release from me (his instructor) to conduct a third solo; he planned to do touch-and-go landings. The student stated that during his first landing on Runway 23 he initially ballooned and corrected by releasing the back pressure to stop the balloon; then he bounced once. The second time he touched down; the nose gear collapsed and the propeller struck the runway. I believe the student had three chances to go around but failed to do so as he was trained to. It appeared that he carried extra airspeed during the approach but elected to save the landing. He allowed the airplane to balloon during his level off but again failed to initiate go-around procedures. He released back-pressure to stop the ballooning. However; he landed flat and bounced back into the air; (he should have initiated go-around procedures this time) porpoised and the nose gear struck the runway. As remedial training we will focus on stalls and recovery but; importantly; go around procedures. Go-around procedures will have the same emphasis as stalls and simulated engine out procedures. I will be more vigilant to identify students that get tunnel-vision toward landings and perceived going-around as a failure. Go-around procedures will be practiced on every single flight lesson like engine out procedures are.
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.