AFTER STUDENT PLT BOUNCES FROM HARD LNDG. FLT INSTRUCTOR TAKES CTL OF THE ACFT AND CRASH LANDS RESULTING IN SHEARING OFF THE R MAIN LNDG GEAR. NO INJURIES.

Date: 1993-10 · Aircraft: Small Aircraft; Low Wing; 1 Eng; Fixed Gear

Anomalies: conflict-ground-conflict|critical|inflight-event-encounter-loss-of-aircraft-control|inflight-event-encounter-weather-turbulence|other-unspecified

Synopsis

AFTER STUDENT PLT BOUNCES FROM HARD LNDG. FLT INSTRUCTOR TAKES CTL OF THE ACFT AND CRASH LANDS RESULTING IN SHEARING OFF THE R MAIN LNDG GEAR. NO INJURIES.

Narrative

STUDENT LANDED HARD AND BEGAN TO LOSE DIRECTIONAL CTL. I TOOK OVER CTL; ESTABLISHED FULL PWR AND CLB -- THERE WAS A L XWIND (LNDG 140 DEGS WIND 100 DEGS AT 10 KTS); REALIGNED ACFT WITH CTRLINE. SPD WAS 65-70 MPH; HT 5 FT - - STUDENT RETRACTED FLAPS -- ACFT SETTLED DRAMATICALLY IN A SLIGHT CRAB. R MAIN SHEARED OFF. I MAINTAINED DIRECTIONAL CTL AND FLEW ACFT FOR A CRASH LNDG. PROB AROSE DUE TO STUDENT RETRACTING FLAPS. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 253997: CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT THE ACFT DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE R LNDG GEAR AND FLAP. THE FAA CAME ON THE SCENE AND INVESTIGATED AND CLASSIFIED THIS AS AN INCIDENT. THE STUDENT RPTR DOES NOT BLAME THE INSTRUCTOR SINCE HE UNEXPECTEDLY RAISED THE FLAPS WHILE ABOVE THE RWY BEFORE THE ACFT HAD A CHANCE TO CLB. THIS CAUSE THE ACFT TO UNCTLABLY FALL BACK TO THE RWY; HITTING SIDEWAYS AND SHEARING OFF THE R LNDG GEAR; BOUNCING BACK INTO THE AIR WHERE IT STAYED UNTIL GOING AROUND FOR THE FINAL LNDG WHERE THE ACFT CAME TO REST OFF THE SIDE OF THE RWY.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.