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Attributes | |
ACN | 270368 |
Time | |
Date | 199405 |
Day | Tue |
Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : fd38 |
State Reference | FL |
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 | descent : approach landing other |
Flight Plan | None |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | Other |
Function | flight crew : single pilot |
Qualification | pilot : private pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 1725 flight time type : 1200 |
ASRS Report | 270368 |
Events | |
Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
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:
While attempting to fly ahead of an oncoming squall line of thunderstorms on approach to my home airfield, I monitored the pbia ATIS which reported winds from approximately 270 at 10 KTS. The windsock at the field indicated similar winds. I set up an approach to runway 33. (4000 ft X 150 sod). During the rainy season in south florida the first 1000 ft of runway 33 are generally soggy so I am in the habit of landing long. As I descended to within 100 ft AGL, I experienced a strong radically changing wind resulting in a tailwind which I estimate to have been 15-20 KTS. The resulting ground speed accelerated my landing roll. I realized that I might not have sufficient stopping distance ahead and began to apply hard braking action. This resulted in a lockup of the wheels on the wet sod runway. I released the brakes and began to pump them to slow the aircraft. It was obvious at this time that there was insufficient runway left for a successful stop. However, there was a taxiway to the right which led to a long and smooth overrun area which I angled toward. It appeared that I had saved the landing when the left main tire encountered a patch of barren damp ground causing a severe deceleration which wrenched the aircraft into a perpendicular position with relation to the centerline of runway 33 creating a great side force against the left main gear and collapsing the gear in an inboard direction, breaking the gear leg and crushing the gear door. The aircraft came to an abrupt stop on the runway dropping the wingtip gently to the ground but causing no further damage.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACFT DAMAGED ON LNDG PROC ROLLOUT.
Narrative: WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FLY AHEAD OF AN ONCOMING SQUALL LINE OF TSTMS ON APCH TO MY HOME AIRFIELD, I MONITORED THE PBIA ATIS WHICH RPTED WINDS FROM APPROX 270 AT 10 KTS. THE WINDSOCK AT THE FIELD INDICATED SIMILAR WINDS. I SET UP AN APCH TO RWY 33. (4000 FT X 150 SOD). DURING THE RAINY SEASON IN S FLORIDA THE FIRST 1000 FT OF RWY 33 ARE GENERALLY SOGGY SO I AM IN THE HABIT OF LNDG LONG. AS I DSNDED TO WITHIN 100 FT AGL, I EXPERIENCED A STRONG RADICALLY CHANGING WIND RESULTING IN A TAILWIND WHICH I ESTIMATE TO HAVE BEEN 15-20 KTS. THE RESULTING GND SPD ACCELERATED MY LNDG ROLL. I REALIZED THAT I MIGHT NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT STOPPING DISTANCE AHEAD AND BEGAN TO APPLY HARD BRAKING ACTION. THIS RESULTED IN A LOCKUP OF THE WHEELS ON THE WET SOD RWY. I RELEASED THE BRAKES AND BEGAN TO PUMP THEM TO SLOW THE ACFT. IT WAS OBVIOUS AT THIS TIME THAT THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT RWY LEFT FOR A SUCCESSFUL STOP. HOWEVER, THERE WAS A TXWY TO THE R WHICH LED TO A LONG AND SMOOTH OVERRUN AREA WHICH I ANGLED TOWARD. IT APPEARED THAT I HAD SAVED THE LNDG WHEN THE L MAIN TIRE ENCOUNTERED A PATCH OF BARREN DAMP GND CAUSING A SEVERE DECELERATION WHICH WRENCHED THE ACFT INTO A PERPENDICULAR POS WITH RELATION TO THE CTRLINE OF RWY 33 CREATING A GREAT SIDE FORCE AGAINST THE L MAIN GEAR AND COLLAPSING THE GEAR IN AN INBOARD DIRECTION, BREAKING THE GEAR LEG AND CRUSHING THE GEAR DOOR. THE ACFT CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP ON THE RWY DROPPING THE WINGTIP GENTLY TO THE GND BUT CAUSING NO FURTHER DAMAGE.
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.