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Small aircraft aircraft in a night operation is flared high. Pilot loses control after a good bounce and veers off runway. Aircraft damaged after coming in contact with an unlit runway light. Obs reporter cites several runway light outages as contributory.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 376645 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199708 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : 62d |
| State Reference | OH |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 10 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| 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 | descent : approach landing other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | observation : observer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 12 flight time total : 800 flight time type : 600 |
| ASRS Report | 376645 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe conflict : ground critical other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : insufficient time |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
I was not handling controls but was sitting in copilot (right) seat. Pilot flared high (about 10 ft). I told him so and he corrected to flare at about 3-4 ft. Aircraft bounced on landing (1 bounce). Landed nose high. Pilot lost direction control on roll after bounce and rolled off runway and hit runway light. Very minor skin damage only. I kicked right rudder but too late to keep aircraft from hitting runway lights. Contributing factors: 1) taxi light good and turned on, landing light inoperative. Runway lights old low power military style with several of them inoperative, giving large stretches of runway with no left/right reference.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMA ACFT IN A NIGHT OP IS FLARED HIGH. PLT LOSES CTL AFTER A GOOD BOUNCE AND VEERS OFF RWY. ACFT DAMAGED AFTER COMING IN CONTACT WITH AN UNLIT RWY LIGHT. OBS RPTR CITES SEVERAL RWY LIGHT OUTAGES AS CONTRIBUTORY.
Narrative: I WAS NOT HANDLING CTLS BUT WAS SITTING IN COPLT (R) SEAT. PLT FLARED HIGH (ABOUT 10 FT). I TOLD HIM SO AND HE CORRECTED TO FLARE AT ABOUT 3-4 FT. ACFT BOUNCED ON LNDG (1 BOUNCE). LANDED NOSE HIGH. PLT LOST DIRECTION CTL ON ROLL AFTER BOUNCE AND ROLLED OFF RWY AND HIT RWY LIGHT. VERY MINOR SKIN DAMAGE ONLY. I KICKED R RUDDER BUT TOO LATE TO KEEP ACFT FROM HITTING RWY LIGHTS. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: 1) TAXI LIGHT GOOD AND TURNED ON, LNDG LIGHT INOP. RWY LIGHTS OLD LOW PWR MIL STYLE WITH SEVERAL OF THEM INOP, GIVING LARGE STRETCHES OF RWY WITH NO L/R REFERENCE.
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.