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Pilot of an atx small aircraft sel made hard landing causing the nosewheel to fold back. Pilot aborted landing and diverted to another airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 320057 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199510 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mll |
| State Reference | AK |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 190 flight time total : 5250 flight time type : 25 |
| ASRS Report | 320057 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter other other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | faa : investigated other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
I experienced turbulence and downdrafts that put me on extra alert, when I got close to marshall. I entered traffic pattern and decided to land runway 11. (Winds where e-se at 12-15 KTS.) on short final, maybe 10-15 ft high, the aircraft got caught in a downdraft, with the result that it nosed over while falling rapidly. I added power and elevator back-pressure, but unable to recover. The nosewheel hit the ground hard and bent at an angle backwards. After the nosewheel touched, the airplane bounced back up in the air and with already full power, flew on without any trouble. I knew that something was wrong with the nosewheel due to the sounds I heard upon impact. I returned to my base and had somebody look at my nosewheel while doing a fly-by. It was then that it was determined that the nosewheel was bent backwards. I proceeded thereafter to bethel and did an emergency landing. Runway should be lengthened and leveled, maybe even moved to a different location away from the hills.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF AN ATX SMA SEL MADE HARD LNDG CAUSING THE NOSEWHEEL TO FOLD BACK. PLT ABORTED LNDG AND DIVERTED TO ANOTHER ARPT.
Narrative: I EXPERIENCED TURB AND DOWNDRAFTS THAT PUT ME ON EXTRA ALERT, WHEN I GOT CLOSE TO MARSHALL. I ENTERED TFC PATTERN AND DECIDED TO LAND RWY 11. (WINDS WHERE E-SE AT 12-15 KTS.) ON SHORT FINAL, MAYBE 10-15 FT HIGH, THE ACFT GOT CAUGHT IN A DOWNDRAFT, WITH THE RESULT THAT IT NOSED OVER WHILE FALLING RAPIDLY. I ADDED PWR AND ELEVATOR BACK-PRESSURE, BUT UNABLE TO RECOVER. THE NOSEWHEEL HIT THE GND HARD AND BENT AT AN ANGLE BACKWARDS. AFTER THE NOSEWHEEL TOUCHED, THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED BACK UP IN THE AIR AND WITH ALREADY FULL PWR, FLEW ON WITHOUT ANY TROUBLE. I KNEW THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE NOSEWHEEL DUE TO THE SOUNDS I HEARD UPON IMPACT. I RETURNED TO MY BASE AND HAD SOMEBODY LOOK AT MY NOSEWHEEL WHILE DOING A FLY-BY. IT WAS THEN THAT IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE NOSEWHEEL WAS BENT BACKWARDS. I PROCEEDED THEREAFTER TO BETHEL AND DID AN EMER LNDG. RWY SHOULD BE LENGTHENED AND LEVELED, MAYBE EVEN MOVED TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION AWAY FROM THE HILLS.
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.