An atx C340 pilot touched down short of a snow covered runway and hit a light with the nose gear and...

Attributes
ACN	391186
Time
Date	199801
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : abr
State Reference	SD
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Cessna 340/340A
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 1510 flight time type : 32
ASRS Report	391186
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I took a charter trip on the morning of jan/mon/98, to aberdeen, sd. WX conditions were as follows: clear below 12000 ft, 10 mi visibility, winds 310 degrees at 9 KTS, with a snow covered runway from a recent snow the previous night. After being cleared for the visual approach I intercepted the localizer to runway 31 and continued the approach with flaps at 15 degrees and lowered the landing gear. Continuing on the approach I started to flatten out and corrected the problem. Backing the power out slowly on short final maintaining above blue line I put full flaps in. The aircraft's main wheels touched down prior to reaching the runway and the centerline light contacted the nose gear. The light snapped off, displaced to the left, and caught the left propeller, which in turn then kicked into the underside of the left wing. I taxied off the runway. I may have been distracted by the MM going off. The aircraft was set up for an ILS and the departure airport was 800 ft and 3/4 mi. So I should have turned the audio marker off prior to the visual into abr. Fresh snow may also have been an illusion. The problem could have been corrected if I followed the entire instrument procedure on the visual approach.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ATX C340 PLT TOUCHED DOWN SHORT OF A SNOW COVERED RWY AND HIT A LIGHT WITH THE NOSE GEAR AND THE PROP.

Narrative: I TOOK A CHARTER TRIP ON THE MORNING OF JAN/MON/98, TO ABERDEEN, SD. WX CONDITIONS WERE AS FOLLOWS: CLR BELOW 12000 FT, 10 MI VISIBILITY, WINDS 310 DEGS AT 9 KTS, WITH A SNOW COVERED RWY FROM A RECENT SNOW THE PREVIOUS NIGHT. AFTER BEING CLRED FOR THE VISUAL APCH I INTERCEPTED THE LOC TO RWY 31 AND CONTINUED THE APCH WITH FLAPS AT 15 DEGS AND LOWERED THE LNDG GEAR. CONTINUING ON THE APCH I STARTED TO FLATTEN OUT AND CORRECTED THE PROB. BACKING THE PWR OUT SLOWLY ON SHORT FINAL MAINTAINING ABOVE BLUE LINE I PUT FULL FLAPS IN. THE ACFT'S MAIN WHEELS TOUCHED DOWN PRIOR TO REACHING THE RWY AND THE CTRLINE LIGHT CONTACTED THE NOSE GEAR. THE LIGHT SNAPPED OFF, DISPLACED TO THE L, AND CAUGHT THE L PROP, WHICH IN TURN THEN KICKED INTO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE L WING. I TAXIED OFF THE RWY. I MAY HAVE BEEN DISTRACTED BY THE MM GOING OFF. THE ACFT WAS SET UP FOR AN ILS AND THE DEP ARPT WAS 800 FT AND 3/4 MI. SO I SHOULD HAVE TURNED THE AUDIO MARKER OFF PRIOR TO THE VISUAL INTO ABR. FRESH SNOW MAY ALSO HAVE BEEN AN ILLUSION. THE PROB COULD HAVE BEEN CORRECTED IF I FOLLOWED THE ENTIRE INST PROC ON THE VISUAL APCH.

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.

An atx C340 pilot touched down short of a snow covered runway and hit a light with the nose gear and the propeller.