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In a pwred glider during an FAA check flight, reporter pilot lost control of aircraft when landing. Conventional gear was new to the pilot and that plus wind gust resulted in a gndloop and damage to aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 336656 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199605 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ash |
| State Reference | NH |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 123 flight time total : 759 flight time type : 21 |
| ASRS Report | 336656 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | observation : company check pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other anomaly other 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:
Before the flight I obtained a PIREP from 2 crew members of a previous glider flight. They both indicated that the sustained wind and wind gusts were significantly less than reported by the ATIS, and stated further that they recommended flight in a glider. I then went on my private pilot glider check ride in the same G109B motorglider with one of the crew members, an FAA designated examiner. As I began the landing flare, a strong gust of wind hit the glider from the left, causing it to yaw in that direction and head for the side of the runway. The other crew member and myself pressed hard right rudder simultaneously in an attempt to stop it from veering off the side. However, the airspeed was too slow to allow the rudder inputs to effectively stop the momentum. The glider started slowly turning back toward the runway centerline but not in time to avoid hitting the runway light and taxiway sign. They impacted the left wing as the aircraft gndlooped. It came to a stop on the side of the runway, facing across it. A contributing factor included my lack of flight time in conventional gear aircraft (21 hours at the time).
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: IN A PWRED GLIDER DURING AN FAA CHK FLT, RPTR PLT LOST CTL OF ACFT WHEN LNDG. CONVENTIONAL GEAR WAS NEW TO THE PLT AND THAT PLUS WIND GUST RESULTED IN A GNDLOOP AND DAMAGE TO ACFT.
Narrative: BEFORE THE FLT I OBTAINED A PIREP FROM 2 CREW MEMBERS OF A PREVIOUS GLIDER FLT. THEY BOTH INDICATED THAT THE SUSTAINED WIND AND WIND GUSTS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN RPTED BY THE ATIS, AND STATED FURTHER THAT THEY RECOMMENDED FLT IN A GLIDER. I THEN WENT ON MY PVT PLT GLIDER CHK RIDE IN THE SAME G109B MOTORGLIDER WITH ONE OF THE CREW MEMBERS, AN FAA DESIGNATED EXAMINER. AS I BEGAN THE LNDG FLARE, A STRONG GUST OF WIND HIT THE GLIDER FROM THE L, CAUSING IT TO YAW IN THAT DIRECTION AND HEAD FOR THE SIDE OF THE RWY. THE OTHER CREW MEMBER AND MYSELF PRESSED HARD R RUDDER SIMULTANEOUSLY IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP IT FROM VEERING OFF THE SIDE. HOWEVER, THE AIRSPD WAS TOO SLOW TO ALLOW THE RUDDER INPUTS TO EFFECTIVELY STOP THE MOMENTUM. THE GLIDER STARTED SLOWLY TURNING BACK TOWARD THE RWY CTRLINE BUT NOT IN TIME TO AVOID HITTING THE RWY LIGHT AND TXWY SIGN. THEY IMPACTED THE L WING AS THE ACFT GNDLOOPED. IT CAME TO A STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE RWY, FACING ACROSS IT. A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR INCLUDED MY LACK OF FLT TIME IN CONVENTIONAL GEAR ACFT (21 HRS AT THE TIME).
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.