Pilot of small aircraft made hard landing at loz in high wing small aircraft. Tail skid damage.

Attributes
ACN	173655
Time
Date	199103
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : loz
State Reference	KY
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	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 1831 flight time type : 543
ASRS Report	173655
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified cockpit
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Although VMC prevailed severe updrafts and down drafts caused altitude excursions of +/- 500' from assigned altitude from clt to loz. Also a hard landing at loz was caused when wind gust stopped at critical high angle of attack. Minor damage to tail skid resulted. Plane returned to home base for repairs.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT OF SMA MADE HARD LNDG AT LOZ IN HIGH WING SMA. TAIL SKID DAMAGE.

Narrative: ALTHOUGH VMC PREVAILED SEVERE UPDRAFTS AND DOWN DRAFTS CAUSED ALT EXCURSIONS OF +/- 500' FROM ASSIGNED ALT FROM CLT TO LOZ. ALSO A HARD LNDG AT LOZ WAS CAUSED WHEN WIND GUST STOPPED AT CRITICAL HIGH ANGLE OF ATTACK. MINOR DAMAGE TO TAIL SKID RESULTED. PLANE RETURNED TO HOME BASE FOR REPAIRS.

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.