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During landing, small aircraft is hit by wind gust and strikes ground nose gear first, collapsing the nose gear.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 165520 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199011 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : sby airport : zzz |
| State Reference | MD |
| 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, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 43 flight time total : 337 flight time type : 30 |
| ASRS Report | 165520 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Normal approach for landing on private grass strip just off route 50 approximately 1.5 NM west of mardeka. Unexpected gust when aircraft approximately 8-10' above ground. Nose dipped and nose wheel struck ground, collapsing nose gear. No injuries. Corrective action: unable to respond before nose wheel hit since just above ground.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DURING LNDG, SMA IS HIT BY WIND GUST AND STRIKES GND NOSE GEAR FIRST, COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR.
Narrative: NORMAL APCH FOR LNDG ON PVT GRASS STRIP JUST OFF RTE 50 APPROX 1.5 NM W OF MARDEKA. UNEXPECTED GUST WHEN ACFT APPROX 8-10' ABOVE GND. NOSE DIPPED AND NOSE WHEEL STRUCK GND, COLLAPSING NOSE GEAR. NO INJURIES. CORRECTIVE ACTION: UNABLE TO RESPOND BEFORE NOSE WHEEL HIT SINCE JUST ABOVE GND.
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.