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While making a practice short field landing at F72 the pilot of a small low wing aircraft landed 'three inches' short of the asphalt runway surface and later determined he had struck a 1.5 to two inch 'berm' of untapered material causing damage to the 'upper part' of the landing gear area.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1194646 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201408 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | F72.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 95 Flight Crew Total 2184 Flight Crew Type 160 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft |
Narrative:
I was attempting a short field landing on runway 27 at franklin field. Airspeed and descent rate were normal when I reduced power and was flaring. The aircraft touched down about 10 feet before the intended touchdown point; the main gear came in contact with a small berm at the beginning of the runway asphalt. I checked the landing gear back at our home base FBO and all seemed ok. Later it was discovered that damage was present in the upper part of the landing gear area.a non standard berm at the beginning of the asphalt on runway 27 may have contributed to more damage (amount yet to be determined) than would be expected. This berm was at the beginning of the asphalt and was 1-1/2 to two inches high at 90 degrees to the runway surface. If the berm had been tapered and/or filled in with dirt or gravel; there would have been no damage to the aircraft. I believe the berm is a safety hazard and will certainly do damage to the next aircraft that lands three inches short of the asphalt as I did. I believe the berm's presence does not meet FAA standards for runways.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: While making a practice short field landing at F72 the pilot of a small low wing aircraft landed 'three inches' short of the asphalt runway surface and later determined he had struck a 1.5 to two inch 'berm' of untapered material causing damage to the 'upper part' of the landing gear area.
Narrative: I was attempting a short field landing on Runway 27 at Franklin Field. Airspeed and descent rate were normal when I reduced power and was flaring. The aircraft touched down about 10 feet before the intended touchdown point; the main gear came in contact with a small berm at the beginning of the runway asphalt. I checked the landing gear back at our home base FBO and all seemed OK. Later it was discovered that damage was present in the upper part of the landing gear area.A non standard berm at the beginning of the asphalt on Runway 27 may have contributed to more damage (amount yet to be determined) than would be expected. This berm was at the beginning of the asphalt and was 1-1/2 to two inches high at 90 degrees to the runway surface. If the berm had been tapered and/or filled in with dirt or gravel; there would have been no damage to the aircraft. I believe the berm is a safety hazard and will certainly do damage to the next aircraft that lands three inches short of the asphalt as I did. I believe the berm's presence does not meet FAA standards for runways.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.