Narrative:

[We were on the] normal river visual 19 approach. Winds had increased since the hour-old issued weather used for approach briefing; and in the flare a gust caught the right wing and abruptly banked aircraft to the left. Captain assisted first officer in returning the aircraft to wings level; and assumed control for the landing roll-out. During post-flight; scratches to bottom of left winglet were observed; as apparently wing had momentarily contacted runway surface prior to main gear touchdown. No notice in the flare of apparent wing contact with the runway so [it] must have occurred simultaneously with left main wheel touchdown. Scratched bottom surface was noticed during routine post-flight walk around. [We had] slight margin for error in the flare; made worse by the timing of wind gust. Gusty conditions (approximately 250 at 20). Maintenance and dispatch notified by phone immediately; followed shortly thereafter with a phone call received from chief pilot. Low time first officer limitations were considered during the briefing as reported wind was approximately 240 at 14 KTS gusting to mid 20's. However; after years of flying with experienced first officers I failed to consider and apply dca as being a special airport. Apparently over the course of the hour since weather was reported on ATIS winds had shifted to the west and increased intensity; which unknowingly put the crosswind component over 15 KTS and complicated the flare with higher winds and gusts. Better situational awareness of requesting updated wind conditions would've been a cue to still fly the approach as captain; although a gust and wing strike could happen just as easily to me or anyone else.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CRJ-200 caught a wingtip during a gusty-wind landing at DCA with a low time First Officer flying contrary to company policy at special airports.

Narrative: [We were on the] normal River Visual 19 approach. Winds had increased since the hour-old issued weather used for approach briefing; and in the flare a gust caught the right wing and abruptly banked aircraft to the left. Captain assisted First Officer in returning the aircraft to wings level; and assumed control for the landing roll-out. During post-flight; scratches to bottom of left winglet were observed; as apparently wing had momentarily contacted runway surface prior to main gear touchdown. No notice in the flare of apparent wing contact with the runway so [it] must have occurred simultaneously with left main wheel touchdown. Scratched bottom surface was noticed during routine post-flight walk around. [We had] slight margin for error in the flare; made worse by the timing of wind gust. Gusty conditions (approximately 250 at 20). Maintenance and Dispatch notified by phone immediately; followed shortly thereafter with a phone call received from Chief Pilot. Low time First Officer limitations were considered during the briefing as reported wind was approximately 240 at 14 KTS gusting to mid 20's. However; after years of flying with experienced First Officers I failed to consider and apply DCA as being a special airport. Apparently over the course of the hour since weather was reported on ATIS winds had shifted to the west and increased intensity; which unknowingly put the crosswind component over 15 KTS and complicated the flare with higher winds and gusts. Better situational awareness of requesting updated wind conditions would've been a cue to still fly the approach as Captain; although a gust and wing strike could happen just as easily to me or anyone else.

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.