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Landing small aircraft caught by wind gust. Wing hit ground, nose wheel torn from strut. Aircraft slowly inverted.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 147923 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199006 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : 0k5 |
| State Reference | IL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time total : 400 flight time type : 86 |
| ASRS Report | 147923 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : insufficient time |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
In landing phase made stabilized approach with appropriate crosswind correction. At flare wind gust caused wing to contact ground. Nose wheel separated from strut. Because of sod field, strut impaled ground. Slow inversion of aircraft occurred. No injuries to pilot or 3 passenger. Possibly higher airspeed at T/D could have prevented upset.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: LNDG SMA CAUGHT BY WIND GUST. WING HIT GND, NOSE WHEEL TORN FROM STRUT. ACFT SLOWLY INVERTED.
Narrative: IN LNDG PHASE MADE STABILIZED APCH WITH APPROPRIATE XWIND CORRECTION. AT FLARE WIND GUST CAUSED WING TO CONTACT GND. NOSE WHEEL SEPARATED FROM STRUT. BECAUSE OF SOD FIELD, STRUT IMPALED GND. SLOW INVERSION OF ACFT OCCURRED. NO INJURIES TO PLT OR 3 PAX. POSSIBLY HIGHER AIRSPD AT T/D COULD HAVE PREVENTED UPSET.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.