1992-03 · NASA ASRS report 211688
SMA PLT HAS LOSS OF ACFT CTL IN XWIND LNDG. EXECUTES GAR.
I WAS ISSUED A CLRNC TO LAND ON 33R; WIND WAS 240 AT 15. MORE OF A XWIND THAN I HAVE DONE RECENTLY. I SHOULD HAVE ASKED FOR 22. THE CLOSER I GOT TO THE GND THE ROUGHER IT GOT. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE; 33R SITS ABOUT 30 FT LOWER THAN THE 'BIG BOYS' RAMP AND IN THE LEE OF MOST OF THE BUILDINGS AT BALTIMORE. I ON 33R AND THE NEXT FEW SECONDS A BLUR. I REMEMBER ONE WHEEL TOUCHING AND GOING IN ONE DIRECTION THEN THE OTHER AND GOING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION; THE FIRST WHEEL TOUCHING AGAIN AND GOING BACK THE OTHER DIRECTION. I THEN DECIDED TO GET OUT OF THERE. I THROTTLED UP RAISED THE NOSE AND CLBED OUT. I ALWAYS LEAVE THE FLAPS AT 25 DEGS NOT 40. IT GETS HARDER TO CLB OUT WITH 40 DEGS; AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED. I RADIOED IDENT GOING AROUND;' CTLR RESPONDED 'WAS THAT INTENTIONAL?' I RESPONDED 'NEGATIVE!' HE RESPONDED 'STAY WITH ME.' I LANDED THE SECOND TIME WITHOUT INCIDENT. I WAS A BIT SHAKEN. I WENT TO THE BATHROOM AND THEN INSPECTED THE GEAR. EVERYTHING TURNED OUT OK. I SHOULD HAVE ASKED TO LAND 22; BUT I FELL INTO THE TRAP OF LETTING ATC CALL THE SHOTS. THIS COMPOUNDED WITH THE FACTS THAT I HAD FLOWN COMPLICATED AIRSPACE ONLY ONCE BEFORE IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS AND MY XWIND SKILLS NEED WORK; MADE THIS EXPERIENCE HAPPEN.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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