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Attributes | |
ACN | 253166 |
Time | |
Date | 199309 |
Day | Tue |
Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : huf |
State Reference | IN |
Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 50 |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Controlling Facilities | tower : huf |
Operator | general aviation : instructional |
Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 2 Eng, Retractable Gear |
Flight Phase | descent : approach landing : go around landing other |
Flight Plan | None |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | Other |
Function | instruction : instructor oversight : pic |
Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 1560 flight time type : 180 |
ASRS Report | 253166 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | Other |
Function | flight crew : single pilot instruction : trainee |
Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
Events | |
Anomaly | conflict : ground critical inflight encounter other non adherence other other anomaly other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
Consequence | other Other |
Supplementary | |
Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
My commercial multi engine instrument student was performing a single engine (VOR 23 approach) into hulman regional airport. The wind was reported by the tower to be 310 degrees 17 gusts to 25. The single engine approach was to be followed by a single engine landing. As the student began to flare he ballooned and was told to add a touch of power to restore control of the aircraft. This control input was minimal. I then told the student that I felt he really didn't have control of the aircraft and should proceed with a go around. This is when the incident took place. The student proceeded to put full power to only 1 engine. The aircraft immediately not only wxvaned into the wind, but without any control input the aircraft began to VMC. At this point I took over the controls and brought the idle engine to full power. Being on the back side of the power curve only made the situation more difficult. I then retracted the landing gear and flaps and realized the only way to recover from the VMC was to bring the power on both engines to idle, and roll the wings level. Just as the winds were getting level, the aircraft struck the ground, coming to rest approximately 50 yards northwest of the intersection of runway 23 and runway 31 at huf. As the pilot of the aircraft, I feel I did everything in my power to recover from the situation. Both of us were not hurt in the least bit, and minimal damage to the aircraft considering what might have occurred.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACFT DAMAGED AFTER LOSS OF ACFT CTL WHEN A SINGLE ENG GAR ATTEMPTED IN LNDG PROC XWIND LNDG.
Narrative: MY COMMERCIAL MULTI ENG INST STUDENT WAS PERFORMING A SINGLE ENG (VOR 23 APCH) INTO HULMAN REGIONAL ARPT. THE WIND WAS RPTED BY THE TWR TO BE 310 DEGS 17 GUSTS TO 25. THE SINGLE ENG APCH WAS TO BE FOLLOWED BY A SINGLE ENG LNDG. AS THE STUDENT BEGAN TO FLARE HE BALLOONED AND WAS TOLD TO ADD A TOUCH OF PWR TO RESTORE CTL OF THE ACFT. THIS CTL INPUT WAS MINIMAL. I THEN TOLD THE STUDENT THAT I FELT HE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE CTL OF THE ACFT AND SHOULD PROCEED WITH A GAR. THIS IS WHEN THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE. THE STUDENT PROCEEDED TO PUT FULL PWR TO ONLY 1 ENG. THE ACFT IMMEDIATELY NOT ONLY WXVANED INTO THE WIND, BUT WITHOUT ANY CTL INPUT THE ACFT BEGAN TO VMC. AT THIS POINT I TOOK OVER THE CTLS AND BROUGHT THE IDLE ENG TO FULL PWR. BEING ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE PWR CURVE ONLY MADE THE SIT MORE DIFFICULT. I THEN RETRACTED THE LNDG GEAR AND FLAPS AND REALIZED THE ONLY WAY TO RECOVER FROM THE VMC WAS TO BRING THE PWR ON BOTH ENGS TO IDLE, AND ROLL THE WINGS LEVEL. JUST AS THE WINDS WERE GETTING LEVEL, THE ACFT STRUCK THE GND, COMING TO REST APPROX 50 YARDS NW OF THE INTXN OF RWY 23 AND RWY 31 AT HUF. AS THE PLT OF THE ACFT, I FEEL I DID EVERYTHING IN MY PWR TO RECOVER FROM THE SIT. BOTH OF US WERE NOT HURT IN THE LEAST BIT, AND MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE ACFT CONSIDERING WHAT MIGHT HAVE OCCURRED.
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.