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A piper tri-pacer encounters windshear 50 ft AGL on takeoff from 2KL, tx. It suffers a loss of airspeed and during the loss of aircraft control hits the runway, breaking the right bungee cord and thus collapsing the right gear.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 429347 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199902 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : 2kl.airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 50 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Weather Elements | Windshear |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Piper Single Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : takeoff other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 150 |
| ASRS Report | 429347 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | observation : passenger |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airport Weather Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
Narrative:
Normal takeoff roll on runway 30 with wind at 000 degrees at 10 KTS gusting to 25 KTS. After reaching approximately 50 ft AGL, windshear encountered causing 10-20 mph loss of airspeed, high sink rate. Touchdown midfield on runway (normal flat attitude), aircraft rolled approximately 10 ft and right bungee broke, causing right gear strut to fold outward and aircraft to go down on right side with right wingtip dragging on ground. Aircraft then ground looped 180 degrees and stopped. Passenger and pilot made normal egress. Very little damage to aircraft, no one was hurt or injured, no other damage to surrounding area.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A PIPER TRI-PACER ENCOUNTERS WINDSHEAR 50 FT AGL ON TKOF FROM 2KL, TX. IT SUFFERS A LOSS OF AIRSPD AND DURING THE LOSS OF ACFT CTL HITS THE RWY, BREAKING THE R BUNGEE CORD AND THUS COLLAPSING THE R GEAR.
Narrative: NORMAL TKOF ROLL ON RWY 30 WITH WIND AT 000 DEGS AT 10 KTS GUSTING TO 25 KTS. AFTER REACHING APPROX 50 FT AGL, WINDSHEAR ENCOUNTERED CAUSING 10-20 MPH LOSS OF AIRSPD, HIGH SINK RATE. TOUCHDOWN MIDFIELD ON RWY (NORMAL FLAT ATTITUDE), ACFT ROLLED APPROX 10 FT AND R BUNGEE BROKE, CAUSING R GEAR STRUT TO FOLD OUTWARD AND ACFT TO GO DOWN ON R SIDE WITH R WINGTIP DRAGGING ON GND. ACFT THEN GND LOOPED 180 DEGS AND STOPPED. PAX AND PLT MADE NORMAL EGRESS. VERY LITTLE DAMAGE TO ACFT, NO ONE WAS HURT OR INJURED, NO OTHER DAMAGE TO SURROUNDING AREA.
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.