Narrative:

Winds at dtw were 300 degrees at 13 KTS. We planned to land on runway 27R at dtw, but approach gave us runway 3R. We were rushed on approach. We made a quick dive to runway 3R final, but were unstable on the approach. I was very behind the airplane, and on the landing (winds were right at my legal limit), I started to drift, and corrected the drift with bank, but did not arrest the sink rate. I contacted the runway in left bank and excessive sink, resulting in the #1 engine pod contacting the runway. The root cause of the problem was, 1) my inexperience in type, and 2) being rushed on the approach, causing me not to be mentally ready to land in xwinds. What we should've done to avoid the problem: 1) ask for runway 27L, 2) use an autoplt coupled approach to allow me to have time to mentally 'catch up with the airplane,' 3) do a better job of ruddering out the crab, and pick the nose up more to arrest the sink rate. Any of these things would've probably kept the #1 engine from contacting the runway. The net effect of being rushed and inexperienced in type made the landing more than I could handle.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DC8-70 CREW HAD AN UNSTABILIZED APCH, AND HARD LNDG, AFTER THE FO WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT ACFT DRIFT IN A XWIND.

Narrative: WINDS AT DTW WERE 300 DEGS AT 13 KTS. WE PLANNED TO LAND ON RWY 27R AT DTW, BUT APCH GAVE US RWY 3R. WE WERE RUSHED ON APCH. WE MADE A QUICK DIVE TO RWY 3R FINAL, BUT WERE UNSTABLE ON THE APCH. I WAS VERY BEHIND THE AIRPLANE, AND ON THE LNDG (WINDS WERE RIGHT AT MY LEGAL LIMIT), I STARTED TO DRIFT, AND CORRECTED THE DRIFT WITH BANK, BUT DID NOT ARREST THE SINK RATE. I CONTACTED THE RWY IN L BANK AND EXCESSIVE SINK, RESULTING IN THE #1 ENG POD CONTACTING THE RWY. THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROB WAS, 1) MY INEXPERIENCE IN TYPE, AND 2) BEING RUSHED ON THE APCH, CAUSING ME NOT TO BE MENTALLY READY TO LAND IN XWINDS. WHAT WE SHOULD'VE DONE TO AVOID THE PROB: 1) ASK FOR RWY 27L, 2) USE AN AUTOPLT COUPLED APCH TO ALLOW ME TO HAVE TIME TO MENTALLY 'CATCH UP WITH THE AIRPLANE,' 3) DO A BETTER JOB OF RUDDERING OUT THE CRAB, AND PICK THE NOSE UP MORE TO ARREST THE SINK RATE. ANY OF THESE THINGS WOULD'VE PROBABLY KEPT THE #1 ENG FROM CONTACTING THE RWY. THE NET EFFECT OF BEING RUSHED AND INEXPERIENCED IN TYPE MADE THE LNDG MORE THAN I COULD HANDLE.

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.