Loss of aircraft control in landing procedure crosswind landing. Aircraft damaged.

Attributes
ACN	204015
Time
Date	199203
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : 33n
State Reference	DE
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
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 500 flight time type : 40
ASRS Report	204015
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other anomaly other
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:

Due to a strong headwind en route, I was flying for 3 hours and had to make a fuel stop other than at the airport of intended landing. Also, I was using a higher power setting than I usually do en route. Circling the airport to land after not receiving airport advisory, the wind sock indicated a 95 degree crosswind full blown favoring runway 9. Just prior to transitioning into the flare, the wind pushed me down from behind having shifted to a tailwind requiring a burst of power into the flare a bit higher than normal 1500 RPM. The flare was smooth but at a higher ground speed than normal. On touchdown due to the higher ground speed, I was bounced back in the air again, resulting in 2 more bounces. On the rollout using full brakes, the plane swerved violently to the right which I overcorrected for. Being level again, the plane started severely to pull to the right again, which I again corrected for but my speed was too slow and I couldn't contact it. Later I found out that the bounces put enough side load on the gear to fracture it. When on rollout using hard brakes it finally broke and folded up underneath the belly resulting in the right pulling, ending in a ground loop destroying the right gear and damaging the right wing as well as a light propeller ground strike. Although the plane is over 40 yrs old, I am still surprised how easy the gear broke off.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LOSS OF ACFT CTL IN LNDG PROC XWIND LNDG. ACFT DAMAGED.

Narrative: DUE TO A STRONG HEADWIND ENRTE, I WAS FLYING FOR 3 HRS AND HAD TO MAKE A FUEL STOP OTHER THAN AT THE ARPT OF INTENDED LNDG. ALSO, I WAS USING A HIGHER PWR SETTING THAN I USUALLY DO ENRTE. CIRCLING THE ARPT TO LAND AFTER NOT RECEIVING ARPT ADVISORY, THE WIND SOCK INDICATED A 95 DEG XWIND FULL BLOWN FAVORING RWY 9. JUST PRIOR TO TRANSITIONING INTO THE FLARE, THE WIND PUSHED ME DOWN FROM BEHIND HAVING SHIFTED TO A TAILWIND REQUIRING A BURST OF PWR INTO THE FLARE A BIT HIGHER THAN NORMAL 1500 RPM. THE FLARE WAS SMOOTH BUT AT A HIGHER GND SPD THAN NORMAL. ON TOUCHDOWN DUE TO THE HIGHER GND SPD, I WAS BOUNCED BACK IN THE AIR AGAIN, RESULTING IN 2 MORE BOUNCES. ON THE ROLLOUT USING FULL BRAKES, THE PLANE SWERVED VIOLENTLY TO THE R WHICH I OVERCORRECTED FOR. BEING LEVEL AGAIN, THE PLANE STARTED SEVERELY TO PULL TO THE R AGAIN, WHICH I AGAIN CORRECTED FOR BUT MY SPD WAS TOO SLOW AND I COULDN'T CONTACT IT. LATER I FOUND OUT THAT THE BOUNCES PUT ENOUGH SIDE LOAD ON THE GEAR TO FRACTURE IT. WHEN ON ROLLOUT USING HARD BRAKES IT FINALLY BROKE AND FOLDED UP UNDERNEATH THE BELLY RESULTING IN THE R PULLING, ENDING IN A GND LOOP DESTROYING THE R GEAR AND DAMAGING THE R WING AS WELL AS A LIGHT PROP GND STRIKE. ALTHOUGH THE PLANE IS OVER 40 YRS OLD, I AM STILL SURPRISED HOW EASY THE GEAR BROKE OFF.

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.