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A C172 pilot failed to correct for wind drift while landing and struck a runway marker with the main landing gear fairing. The pilot reports that an updraft occurred during the landing flare, when the airspeed had dissipated.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 331485 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199603 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ict |
| State Reference | KS |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : crp |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 0 flight time total : 120 flight time type : 100 |
| ASRS Report | 331485 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other anomaly other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
When landing with crosswind, during flare just above runway, a combination of back pressure on elevator and sudden wind updraft caused my C172 to float. Airspeed dissipated and wind took aircraft to the right of centerline, off the runway. By the time aircraft touched down softly (no hard landing) on pavement it was not enough pavement to prevent going off edge and hitting runway marker with landing gear. Only damage to aircraft was cracked gear fairing and small scratch on propeller.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A C172 PLT FAILED TO CORRECT FOR WIND DRIFT WHILE LNDG AND STRUCK A RWY MARKER WITH THE MAIN LNDG GEAR FAIRING. THE PLT RPTS THAT AN UPDRAFT OCCURRED DURING THE LNDG FLARE, WHEN THE AIRSPD HAD DISSIPATED.
Narrative: WHEN LNDG WITH XWIND, DURING FLARE JUST ABOVE RWY, A COMBINATION OF BACK PRESSURE ON ELEVATOR AND SUDDEN WIND UPDRAFT CAUSED MY C172 TO FLOAT. AIRSPD DISSIPATED AND WIND TOOK ACFT TO THE R OF CTRLINE, OFF THE RWY. BY THE TIME ACFT TOUCHED DOWN SOFTLY (NO HARD LNDG) ON PAVEMENT IT WAS NOT ENOUGH PAVEMENT TO PREVENT GOING OFF EDGE AND HITTING RWY MARKER WITH LNDG GEAR. ONLY DAMAGE TO ACFT WAS CRACKED GEAR FAIRING AND SMALL SCRATCH ON PROP.
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.