Air carrier in gusty wind conditions has leading edge slat damage on landing.

Attributes
ACN	197161
Time
Date	199112
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lax
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 1500 flight time type : 50
ASRS Report	197161
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On landing in lax (25L) with strong, gusting xwinds, aircraft's right leading edge slat was damaged. Discovered after taxi in to gate by maintenance. First officer made landing (had low time experience in aircraft). First officer felt comfortable on approach, but captain's experience on aircraft was more qualifying for approach in gusty conditions. Crew had started day 8 hours earlier. Captain was higher min captain for the aircraft. Lessons learned. In retrospect captain's experience on aircraft should have led to flying the approach vice first officer. Aircraft was in full landing confign and crew had stabilized approach to touchdown.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR IN GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS HAS LEADING EDGE SLAT DAMAGE ON LNDG.

Narrative: ON LNDG IN LAX (25L) WITH STRONG, GUSTING XWINDS, ACFT'S R LEADING EDGE SLAT WAS DAMAGED. DISCOVERED AFTER TAXI IN TO GATE BY MAINT. FO MADE LNDG (HAD LOW TIME EXPERIENCE IN ACFT). FO FELT COMFORTABLE ON APCH, BUT CAPT'S EXPERIENCE ON ACFT WAS MORE QUALIFYING FOR APCH IN GUSTY CONDITIONS. CREW HAD STARTED DAY 8 HRS EARLIER. CAPT WAS HIGHER MIN CAPT FOR THE ACFT. LESSONS LEARNED. IN RETROSPECT CAPT'S EXPERIENCE ON ACFT SHOULD HAVE LED TO FLYING THE APCH VICE FO. ACFT WAS IN FULL LNDG CONFIGN AND CREW HAD STABILIZED APCH TO TOUCHDOWN.

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.