Student pilot landing at non tower airport balloons during flare and allows crosswind to drift aircr...

Attributes
ACN	127191
Time
Date	198910
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cbe
State Reference	MD
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : student
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 22 flight time total : 22 flight time type : 22
ASRS Report	127191
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 700 flight time type : 360
ASRS Report	126780
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

I was 2-3' above the runway and was just about to set the airplane, an small aircraft, on the runway when I pulled the yoke too much and ballooned a few feet. Because of the crosswind, which was gusting, I started to drift sideways towards the left side of the runway. My airspeed at this moment was rather low so directly after ballooning I started to sink again and tucked down. Due to my poor experience, I think, I was concentrated on keeping the airplane on the runway instead of executing a go-around. Directly after touchdown, when the airplane was on the runway, it was rolling towards the edge of the runway so I pushed right rudder to get the airplane towards the middle of the runway. As the airplane started to turn it hit a runway light with the left wing. The runway light was totally damaged and the wing became partially damaged. Supplemental information from acn 126780: my student was having a difficult time with lndgs that day but decided to keep going anyway. I feel the incident could have been prevented in a number of ways: 1) the student should not have continued doing lndgs since he was having a difficult time with the crosswind. 2) upon ballooning back up he could have executed a go-around. I think he continued the lndgs because there were other students in the pattern who did not stop because of the wind so he felt a kind of 'peer pressure' to continue the lndgs.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: STUDENT PLT LNDG AT NON TWR ARPT BALLOONS DURING FLARE AND ALLOWS CROSSWIND TO DRIFT ACFT OFF THE SIDE OF THE RWY THEREBY ALLOWING THE WINGTIP TO CONTACT THE RWY LIGHTS CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH.

Narrative: I WAS 2-3' ABOVE THE RWY AND WAS JUST ABOUT TO SET THE AIRPLANE, AN SMA, ON THE RWY WHEN I PULLED THE YOKE TOO MUCH AND BALLOONED A FEW FEET. BECAUSE OF THE XWIND, WHICH WAS GUSTING, I STARTED TO DRIFT SIDEWAYS TOWARDS THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY. MY AIRSPEED AT THIS MOMENT WAS RATHER LOW SO DIRECTLY AFTER BALLOONING I STARTED TO SINK AGAIN AND TUCKED DOWN. DUE TO MY POOR EXPERIENCE, I THINK, I WAS CONCENTRATED ON KEEPING THE AIRPLANE ON THE RWY INSTEAD OF EXECUTING A GO-AROUND. DIRECTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN, WHEN THE AIRPLANE WAS ON THE RWY, IT WAS ROLLING TOWARDS THE EDGE OF THE RWY SO I PUSHED RIGHT RUDDER TO GET THE AIRPLANE TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE RWY. AS THE AIRPLANE STARTED TO TURN IT HIT A RWY LIGHT WITH THE LEFT WING. THE RWY LIGHT WAS TOTALLY DAMAGED AND THE WING BECAME PARTIALLY DAMAGED. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FROM ACN 126780: MY STUDENT WAS HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME WITH LNDGS THAT DAY BUT DECIDED TO KEEP GOING ANYWAY. I FEEL THE INCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IN A NUMBER OF WAYS: 1) THE STUDENT SHOULD NOT HAVE CONTINUED DOING LNDGS SINCE HE WAS HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME WITH THE XWIND. 2) UPON BALLOONING BACK UP HE COULD HAVE EXECUTED A GO-AROUND. I THINK HE CONTINUED THE LNDGS BECAUSE THERE WERE OTHER STUDENTS IN THE PATTERN WHO DID NOT STOP BECAUSE OF THE WIND SO HE FELT A KIND OF 'PEER PRESSURE' TO CONTINUE THE LNDGS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.

Student pilot landing at non tower airport balloons during flare and allows crosswind to drift aircraft off the side of the runway thereby allowing the wingtip to contact the runway lights causing damage to both.