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Attributes | |
ACN | 1364950 |
Time | |
Date | 201606 |
Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
State Reference | US |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | Bonanza 33 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | Landing |
Route In Use | Visual Approach |
Flight Plan | VFR |
Component | |
Aircraft Component | Wingtip |
Person 1 | |
Function | Pilot Flying |
Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 205 Flight Crew Total 1000 Flight Crew Type 167 |
Events | |
Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach |
Narrative:
Coming in on the last landing of the night after doing pattern work; we were working on power off 180 and short field techniques; after about 6 patterns we decided to make the last one a full stop and practice our crosswind technique. In the pattern I briefed [the student] that I would take controls when we were close to the runway environment to show her a float using ground effect if she needed to use it in an event of a power off landing. We were on final and crossed the runway threshold when I took over controls we were approximately 50-75 feet when we crossed the numbers; I then started to correct for the crosswind adding right rudder and left aileron as I got closer to the ground. I started pitching up in the flare to demonstrate a controlled stall over the runway using ground effect to my advantage; suddenly I found myself in a higher than normal pitch attitude which cause me to stall slightly higher than anticipated; this caused my right wing to fall suddenly and this is what made it make contact with the runway. It was a hard landing but I thought I had landed on the mains; it wasn't until we came to a complete stop on taxiway alpha that I saw the right rear wing tip had been bent up slightly. We were then told to taxi back to the ramp by tower; I was checking controls and they seemed operational. I did a closer inspection of the tip and found contact marks on outer mid tip as well as the rear tip. I believed I misjudged the actual height above the runway which caused me to stall and let the wing drop.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A flight instructor reported that while working on power off 180 and short field techniques in a Beechcraft BE-33; the pilot found himself in a higher than normal pitch attitude which caused the plane to stall; resulting in the wingtip contacting the runway.
Narrative: Coming in on the last landing of the night after doing pattern work; we were working on power off 180 and short field techniques; after about 6 patterns we decided to make the last one a full stop and practice our crosswind technique. In the pattern I briefed [the student] that I would take controls when we were close to the runway environment to show her a float using ground effect if she needed to use it in an event of a power off landing. We were on final and crossed the runway threshold when I took over controls we were approximately 50-75 feet when we crossed the numbers; I then started to correct for the crosswind adding right rudder and left aileron as I got closer to the ground. I started pitching up in the flare to demonstrate a controlled stall over the runway using ground effect to my advantage; suddenly I found myself in a higher than normal pitch attitude which cause me to stall slightly higher than anticipated; this caused my right wing to fall suddenly and this is what made it make contact with the runway. It was a hard landing but I thought I had landed on the mains; it wasn't until we came to a complete stop on taxiway alpha that I saw the right rear wing tip had been bent up slightly. We were then told to taxi back to the ramp by tower; I was checking controls and they seemed operational. I did a closer inspection of the tip and found contact marks on outer mid tip as well as the rear tip. I believed I misjudged the actual height above the runway which caused me to stall and let the wing drop.
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.