Lsa instructor pilot reports loss of control during landing by the pilot flying; resulting in a runw...

Narrative:

I was riding with mr. X in his light sport aircraft. The winds at the time were 12 KTS with gusts coming out of the northwest. He was PIC with a decent amount of flight time in the plane. The runway we were landing on was 36; which was grass. He was piloting his aircraft and we were on final approach. Everything was looking great until right before touchdown. We were about to touch down and a gust of wind took us to the right side of the runway. He tried to add power; but it was too late. The aircraft ended up hitting a cone on the right side of the runway. The aircraft hit the cone with the left landing gear. He then decided not to do a go around but a forced landing on the right side of the runway landing in grass. The aircraft hit a second cone again on the left landing gear and the bottom nose of the plane. The plane proceeded to the right of the runway landing on the grass. The gear was damaged and collapsed on touchdown. Once stopped we turned off the fuel; mixture; and master. We proceeded to evacuate the aircraft in case of fire. After securing the plane we phoned the FSDO to report the incident. We also called the police to let them know what had happened. There were no injuries. I believe the cause of the accident was mis correction for crosswind. Power was not added when it needed to be. I believe if a go around was initiated sooner the incident would have never happened.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LSA Instructor pilot reports loss of control during landing by the pilot flying; resulting in a runway excursion and gear collapse. The Reporter believes that an improper crosswind correction and the decision not to go-around were factors in the incident.

Narrative: I was riding with Mr. X in his Light Sport Aircraft. The winds at the time were 12 KTS with gusts coming out of the northwest. He was PIC with a decent amount of flight time in the plane. The runway we were landing on was 36; which was grass. He was piloting his aircraft and we were on final approach. Everything was looking great until right before touchdown. We were about to touch down and a gust of wind took us to the right side of the runway. He tried to add power; but it was too late. The aircraft ended up hitting a cone on the right side of the runway. The aircraft hit the cone with the left landing gear. He then decided not to do a go around but a forced landing on the right side of the runway landing in grass. The aircraft hit a second cone again on the left landing gear and the bottom nose of the plane. The plane proceeded to the right of the runway landing on the grass. The gear was damaged and collapsed on touchdown. Once stopped we turned off the fuel; mixture; and master. We proceeded to evacuate the aircraft in case of fire. After securing the plane we phoned the FSDO to report the incident. We also called the police to let them know what had happened. There were no injuries. I believe the cause of the accident was mis correction for crosswind. Power was not added when it needed to be. I believe if a go around was initiated sooner the incident would have never happened.

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.

Attributes
ACN	916811
Time
Date	201010
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Light Sport Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 120 Flight Crew Total 400 Flight Crew Type 0
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Object Inflight Event / Encounter Object Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control

Lsa instructor pilot reports loss of control during landing by the pilot flying; resulting in a runway excursion and gear collapse. The reporter believes that an improper crosswind correction and the decision not to go-around were factors in the incident.