On landing at pit, MD80 wingtip strikes runway surface due to gusty winds.

Attributes
ACN	507480
Time
Date	200104
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pit.airport
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 190 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 1700
ASRS Report	507480
Events
Anomaly	ground encounters other inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter other other anomaly
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Weather
Primary Problem	Weather

Narrative:

During landing in gusty wind conditions, the l-hand landing light scraped the ground. The landing light and left strobe lens cover departed the aircraft. Light and lens cover replaced. Aircraft returned to service. The landing was not hard.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ON LNDG AT PIT, MD80 WINGTIP STRIKES RWY SURFACE DUE TO GUSTY WINDS.

Narrative: DURING LNDG IN GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS, THE L-HAND LNDG LIGHT SCRAPED THE GND. THE LNDG LIGHT AND L STROBE LENS COVER DEPARTED THE ACFT. LIGHT AND LENS COVER REPLACED. ACFT RETURNED TO SVC. THE LNDG WAS NOT HARD.

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.