Small aircraft landing behind light transport has loss of control, off runway landing.

Attributes
ACN	184212
Time
Date	199107
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : alw
State Reference	WA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : instructional
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 : student
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 9 flight time total : 33
ASRS Report	184212
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified cockpit
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

I was doing normal practice in the south practice area. I came back to the airport to do some touch and goes and I was third in line to land behind an light transport. I was about 200 ft above the ground and felt like I was losing altitude and being pushed downward. I pushed full power and pulled upward. I landed on the front nose wheel about 10 ft from the runway. The nose wheel collapsed and the propeller is bent. Possible cause of the accident is unknown, but there seemed to be some kind of downdraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA LNDG BEHIND LTT HAS LOSS OF CTL, OFF RWY LNDG.

Narrative: I WAS DOING NORMAL PRACTICE IN THE S PRACTICE AREA. I CAME BACK TO THE ARPT TO DO SOME TOUCH AND GOES AND I WAS THIRD IN LINE TO LAND BEHIND AN LTT. I WAS ABOUT 200 FT ABOVE THE GND AND FELT LIKE I WAS LOSING ALT AND BEING PUSHED DOWNWARD. I PUSHED FULL PWR AND PULLED UPWARD. I LANDED ON THE FRONT NOSE WHEEL ABOUT 10 FT FROM THE RWY. THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED AND THE PROP IS BENT. POSSIBLE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT IS UNKNOWN, BUT THERE SEEMED TO BE SOME KIND OF DOWNDRAFT.

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.