Runway excursion on landing.

Attributes
ACN	312081
Time
Date	199507
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : hpn
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
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	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 37 flight time total : 1981 flight time type : 500
ASRS Report	312081
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On landing roll runway 34 hpn. Wet runway, applied brakes and aircraft went into skid, unable to control skid and left wheel and nosewheel went into soft wet sod. Nose gear failed, aircraft came to abrupt stop. Propeller damaged, gear doors bent. Skid was probably caused by hydroplaning on wet runway and fast rollout due to quartering tailwind. Landed on runway 34 when approach controller offered it as alternative for runway 16 to avoid thunderstorms along runway 16 approach. It would have helped to touch down closer to the approach end of runway and allow longer rollout to slow aircraft before applying brakes. Probably would have been better to have diverted to any other airport where conditions may have been better.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RWY EXCURSION ON LNDG.

Narrative: ON LNDG ROLL RWY 34 HPN. WET RWY, APPLIED BRAKES AND ACFT WENT INTO SKID, UNABLE TO CTL SKID AND L WHEEL AND NOSEWHEEL WENT INTO SOFT WET SOD. NOSE GEAR FAILED, ACFT CAME TO ABRUPT STOP. PROP DAMAGED, GEAR DOORS BENT. SKID WAS PROBABLY CAUSED BY HYDROPLANING ON WET RWY AND FAST ROLLOUT DUE TO QUARTERING TAILWIND. LANDED ON RWY 34 WHEN APCH CTLR OFFERED IT AS ALTERNATIVE FOR RWY 16 TO AVOID TSTMS ALONG RWY 16 APCH. IT WOULD HAVE HELPED TO TOUCH DOWN CLOSER TO THE APCH END OF RWY AND ALLOW LONGER ROLLOUT TO SLOW ACFT BEFORE APPLYING BRAKES. PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER TO HAVE DIVERTED TO ANY OTHER ARPT WHERE CONDITIONS MAY HAVE BEEN BETTER.

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.