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A PA18 pilot landing on an alaskan river bank lost control during the flare and landed hard; collapsing the landing gear. Reporter cited windshear as a contributing factor.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 907750 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201008 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-18/19 Super Cub |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 2600 Flight Crew Type 260 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control |
Narrative:
I was landing on a gravel bar off-airport on a river in alaska. As I was rounding out to begin the flare just prior to landing; the airplane began to descend rapidly. I started to add power to arrest the descent but I was low enough that the aircraft impacted the ground before I was able to correct it. The aircraft landed hard enough that the gear collapsed and the plane slid to a stop on its belly pod. What I felt as the aircraft started dropping was consistent with a sudden loss of headwind; and after the incident I felt the wind pick up and drop off quickly multiple times during the following hours.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A PA18 pilot landing on an Alaskan river bank lost control during the flare and landed hard; collapsing the landing gear. Reporter cited windshear as a contributing factor.
Narrative: I was landing on a gravel bar off-airport on a river in Alaska. As I was rounding out to begin the flare just prior to landing; the airplane began to descend rapidly. I started to add power to arrest the descent but I was low enough that the aircraft impacted the ground before I was able to correct it. The aircraft landed hard enough that the gear collapsed and the plane slid to a stop on its belly pod. What I felt as the aircraft started dropping was consistent with a sudden loss of headwind; and after the incident I felt the wind pick up and drop off quickly multiple times during the following hours.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.