<< >> NASA ASRS Report 909356, September 2010

BE55 pilot reports landing at night on a runway with no runway lights. Directional control is lost and power is added to regain control and the aircraft becomes airborne again. A hard landing ensues causing damage to the propellers and the nose tire.

Attributes
ACN	909356
Time
Date	201009
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Baron 55/Cochise
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 42 Flight Crew Total 778 Flight Crew Type 524
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control

Narrative:

Approached runway 24; discovered runway light failed to illuminate. Only runway 15 was lit. Upon landing the aircraft uncontrollable left to right gyrations. Power was applied to maintain control. The aircraft lifted off runway but insufficient runway to go around. Power was reduced and the aircraft settled back to runway and heavy braking was applied. Upon inspection; nose wheel tire was flat and the propeller tips were bent as result of the heavy braking. No damage to any other property and no injuries to any persons.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BE55 pilot reports landing at night on a runway with no runway lights. Directional control is lost and power is added to regain control and the aircraft becomes airborne again. A hard landing ensues causing damage to the propellers and the nose tire.

Narrative: Approached Runway 24; discovered runway light failed to illuminate. Only Runway 15 was lit. Upon landing the aircraft uncontrollable left to right gyrations. Power was applied to maintain control. The aircraft lifted off runway but insufficient runway to go around. Power was reduced and the aircraft settled back to runway and heavy braking was applied. Upon inspection; nose wheel tire was flat and the propeller tips were bent as result of the heavy braking. No damage to any other property and no injuries to any persons.

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.