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The pilot of a cessna 206 experienced a strong wind gust during landing resulting in a bounce and subsequent nose gear damage.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1096555 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201306 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Cessna Stationair/Turbo Stationair 6 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Nose Gear |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 22 Flight Crew Total 600 Flight Crew Type 550 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
As I was landing; I experienced a strong gust of wind that caused me to momentarily lose control of the aircraft resulting in a hard landing. Moments after touchdown; while still in a nose up 'landing flare' configuration; a strong gust of wind hit my aircraft causing an extreme upward pitch and lift back off the runway surface. As I nosed over to prevent a stall; I over-corrected resulting in a hard nose wheel strike; and an ensuing 'porpoise' bounce. I bounced a second time before fully re-gaining control of the aircraft. Fortunately there were no injuries though I did sustain damage to the nose gear. As I've considered the events leading up to this hard landing; I believe the important lessons to learn are that there can be personal performance degradation after a long day of flying. While the gust of wind struck at an unwelcome phase of flight; the reality is that my imperfect reaction was possibly compounded by a long day of flying around weather and fighting strong headwinds that increased the flight time beyond what was originally planned. In the future; I will stick to 'personal maximum' hours of flying so that I will be fresh even in the last minutes of a flight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: The pilot of a Cessna 206 experienced a strong wind gust during landing resulting in a bounce and subsequent nose gear damage.
Narrative: As I was landing; I experienced a strong gust of wind that caused me to momentarily lose control of the aircraft resulting in a hard landing. Moments after touchdown; while still in a nose up 'landing flare' configuration; a strong gust of wind hit my aircraft causing an extreme upward pitch and lift back off the runway surface. As I nosed over to prevent a stall; I over-corrected resulting in a hard nose wheel strike; and an ensuing 'porpoise' bounce. I bounced a second time before fully re-gaining control of the aircraft. Fortunately there were no injuries though I did sustain damage to the nose gear. As I've considered the events leading up to this hard landing; I believe the important lessons to learn are that there can be personal performance degradation after a long day of flying. While the gust of wind struck at an unwelcome phase of flight; the reality is that my imperfect reaction was possibly compounded by a long day of flying around weather and fighting strong headwinds that increased the flight time beyond what was originally planned. In the future; I will stick to 'personal maximum' hours of flying so that I will be fresh even in the last minutes of a flight.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.