Pilot of mid wing small transport encounters deteriorating wind conditions on short final which resu...

Attributes
ACN	646127
Time
Date	200502
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : f70.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing : roll
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 4 flight time total : 2170 flight time type : 82.5
ASRS Report	646127
Events
Anomaly	excursion : runway ground encounters other other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Weather Aircraft Airport

Narrative:

Upon my approach to french valley airport in murrieta; ca; a wind gust/shift caused my airplane to immediately and unexpectedly descend; causing the right gear of the aircraft to contact the ground approximately 4 inches short of the runway. Everything would have been fine; but for the fact that a contractor had been grading the area and had lowered the dirt at the end of the runway causing the paving to be substantially higher than the run-off area. When my right wheel hit the runway; it caused the right main gear to collapse causing the aircraft to veer right and skid along the grass area next to the runway before coming to a complete stop. There were no injuries. From the air the graded surface blended with the runway to make it appear as if it were one level surface. The area should have been marked (it was not) and the threshold displaced by the airport operator. A hazard was created which was unknown to pilots. Had this occurred without the construction; there would not have been any problem; in that my wheels would have normally rolled onto the paved runway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT OF MID WING SMT ENCOUNTERS DETERIORATING WIND CONDITIONS ON SHORT FINAL WHICH RESULT IN TOUCHDOWN SHORT OF THE RWY. R MAIN GEAR STRIKES END OF RWY SURFACE AND COLLAPSES CAUSING ACFT TO VEER OFF RWY ONTO THE GRASS.

Narrative: UPON MY APCH TO FRENCH VALLEY ARPT IN MURRIETA; CA; A WIND GUST/SHIFT CAUSED MY AIRPLANE TO IMMEDIATELY AND UNEXPECTEDLY DSND; CAUSING THE R GEAR OF THE ACFT TO CONTACT THE GND APPROX 4 INCHES SHORT OF THE RWY. EVERYTHING WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE; BUT FOR THE FACT THAT A CONTRACTOR HAD BEEN GRADING THE AREA AND HAD LOWERED THE DIRT AT THE END OF THE RWY CAUSING THE PAVING TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER THAN THE RUN-OFF AREA. WHEN MY R WHEEL HIT THE RWY; IT CAUSED THE R MAIN GEAR TO COLLAPSE CAUSING THE ACFT TO VEER R AND SKID ALONG THE GRASS AREA NEXT TO THE RWY BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. FROM THE AIR THE GRADED SURFACE BLENDED WITH THE RWY TO MAKE IT APPEAR AS IF IT WERE ONE LEVEL SURFACE. THE AREA SHOULD HAVE BEEN MARKED (IT WAS NOT) AND THE THRESHOLD DISPLACED BY THE ARPT OPERATOR. A HAZARD WAS CREATED WHICH WAS UNKNOWN TO PLTS. HAD THIS OCCURRED WITHOUT THE CONSTRUCTION; THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ANY PROB; IN THAT MY WHEELS WOULD HAVE NORMALLY ROLLED ONTO THE PAVED RWY.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.

Pilot of mid wing small transport encounters deteriorating wind conditions on short final which result in touchdown short of the runway. Right main gear strikes end of runway surface and collapses causing aircraft to veer off runway onto the grass.