Wing tip strike during landing. Minor aircraft damage.

Attributes
ACN	129827
Time
Date	198912
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dtw
State Reference	MI
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	landing : go around landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 115 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 5000
ASRS Report	129827
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 5800 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	129718
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter other other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : regained aircraft control other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Ambiguous
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Conflicting visibility approach to runway 03L dtw. Preceding us to land was widebody transport 6 mi ahead. Just prior to T/D in landing flare, left wing suddenly dropped. Touched down left main gear and commanded PF to execute a missed approach. Normal missed approach and subsequent visibility approach and landing made on runway 03L dtw. Upon landing and arrival at gate, conducted post-flight inspection to ensure aircraft integrity. Found left wing tip light, outermost wing tip spar and wing tip trailing edge lights damaged. Wrote up same in aircraft maintenance log book. Discussed damage with maintenance. Contributing factors: 1) left crosswind, 2) very strong wind gust!, 3) suspect residual wing tip vortices from (just cleared runway), 4) target flare speed/close proximity to ground, 5) wind shear!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WING TIP STRIKE DURING LNDG. MINOR ACFT DAMAGE.

Narrative: CONFLICTING VIS APCH TO RWY 03L DTW. PRECEDING US TO LAND WAS WDB 6 MI AHEAD. JUST PRIOR TO T/D IN LNDG FLARE, LEFT WING SUDDENLY DROPPED. TOUCHED DOWN LEFT MAIN GEAR AND COMMANDED PF TO EXECUTE A MISSED APCH. NORMAL MISSED APCH AND SUBSEQUENT VIS APCH AND LNDG MADE ON RWY 03L DTW. UPON LNDG AND ARR AT GATE, CONDUCTED POST-FLT INSPECTION TO ENSURE ACFT INTEGRITY. FOUND LEFT WING TIP LIGHT, OUTERMOST WING TIP SPAR AND WING TIP TRAILING EDGE LIGHTS DAMAGED. WROTE UP SAME IN ACFT MAINT LOG BOOK. DISCUSSED DAMAGE WITH MAINT. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: 1) LEFT XWIND, 2) VERY STRONG WIND GUST!, 3) SUSPECT RESIDUAL WING TIP VORTICES FROM (JUST CLRED RWY), 4) TARGET FLARE SPD/CLOSE PROX TO GND, 5) WIND SHEAR!

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.