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Small aircraft pilot on base leg to non tower airport has engine failure. Glides to runway but has hard landing due to distraction of having to deal with emergency.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 127455 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198911 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : tma |
| State Reference | GA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | other |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
| Flight Phase | other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 8 flight time total : 150 flight time type : 38 |
| ASRS Report | 127455 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
Narrative:
When pulling power for base leg, engine started to skip. In my haste to make sure runway would be made I made hard landing causing propeller to strike runway. Propeller was damaged on one end (about 2 inches on end). No other damage was visible. I was landing tma, landing on runway 09, wind was zero. No other aircraft involved. Only pilot on board.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMA PLT ON BASE LEG TO NON TWR ARPT HAS ENGINE FAILURE. GLIDES TO RWY BUT HAS HARD LNDG DUE TO DISTR OF HAVING TO DEAL WITH EMERGENCY.
Narrative: WHEN PULLING POWER FOR BASE LEG, ENGINE STARTED TO SKIP. IN MY HASTE TO MAKE SURE RWY WOULD BE MADE I MADE HARD LNDG CAUSING PROPELLER TO STRIKE RWY. PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED ON ONE END (ABOUT 2 INCHES ON END). NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS VISIBLE. I WAS LNDG TMA, LNDG ON RWY 09, WIND WAS ZERO. NO OTHER ACFT INVOLVED. ONLY PLT ON BOARD.
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.