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A student pilot's late flare; uncompensated for by the flight instructor; resulted in a hard nose gear first touchdown separating the nose gear from the aircraft. The ultimate touchdown resulted in a prop strike as the nose settled.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 910174 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201009 |
| 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 | Light Sport Aircraft |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Instructor |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 160 Flight Crew Total 1800 Flight Crew Type 200 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Trainee |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Student |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25 Flight Crew Total 25 Flight Crew Type 25 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control |
Narrative:
While teaching landings with a pre-solo student; the first two approaches were routine and required little intervention. On the third landing; the student failed to properly raise the nose when close to the ground; and although I took the controls and tried to intervene; I was unable to do so quickly enough to prevent the nosewheel from striking the ground before the main gear. I recovered from the resulting porpoising motion and got the aircraft into a normal landing position. After coming down on the main gear; the nose of the aircraft struck the ground resulting in propeller damage. After both occupants emerged uninjured; we found that the nose gear broke off completely on the first impact. In future situations; I will intervene sooner if I see a situation that could lead to this result.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A student pilot's late flare; uncompensated for by the flight instructor; resulted in a hard nose gear first touchdown separating the nose gear from the aircraft. The ultimate touchdown resulted in a prop strike as the nose settled.
Narrative: While teaching landings with a pre-solo student; the first two approaches were routine and required little intervention. On the third landing; the student failed to properly raise the nose when close to the ground; and although I took the controls and tried to intervene; I was unable to do so quickly enough to prevent the nosewheel from striking the ground before the main gear. I recovered from the resulting porpoising motion and got the aircraft into a normal landing position. After coming down on the main gear; the nose of the aircraft struck the ground resulting in propeller damage. After both occupants emerged uninjured; we found that the nose gear broke off completely on the first impact. In future situations; I will intervene sooner if I see a situation that could lead to this result.
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.