An small aircraft suffered minor damage in an off airport landing on skis.

Attributes
ACN	263479
Time
Date	199402
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : tvf
State Reference	MN
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 8 flight time total : 562 flight time type : 135
ASRS Report	263479
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

After landing on snow covered field with ski equipped aircraft, left landing gear bungee support tube broke. Left landing gear pivoted outward causing left wingtip to contact snow just before aircraft had come to a complete stop. Only cosmetic damage to wingtip occurred. Support tube had broken due to operation on rough terrain during winter ski operations. During installation of skis, a more detailed unscheduled inspection of all landing gear components may be performed as a prevention tool to alleviate this problem in the future.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN SMA SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE IN AN OFF ARPT LNDG ON SKIS.

Narrative: AFTER LNDG ON SNOW COVERED FIELD WITH SKI EQUIPPED ACFT, L LNDG GEAR BUNGEE SUPPORT TUBE BROKE. L LNDG GEAR PIVOTED OUTWARD CAUSING L WINGTIP TO CONTACT SNOW JUST BEFORE ACFT HAD COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. ONLY COSMETIC DAMAGE TO WINGTIP OCCURRED. SUPPORT TUBE HAD BROKEN DUE TO OP ON ROUGH TERRAIN DURING WINTER SKI OPS. DURING INSTALLATION OF SKIS, A MORE DETAILED UNSCHEDULED INSPECTION OF ALL LNDG GEAR COMPONENTS MAY BE PERFORMED AS A PREVENTION TOOL TO ALLEVIATE THIS PROB IN THE FUTURE.

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.