STUDENT PLT DURING TOUCH AND GO LNDG LOST CTL OF ACFT. LEFT RWY AND BROKE NOSE GEAR.
Synopsis
STUDENT PLT DURING TOUCH AND GO LNDG LOST CTL OF ACFT. LEFT RWY AND BROKE NOSE GEAR.
Narrative
I TOOK OFF FINE AND CLBED OUT AT ABOUT 70 KTS. AS I WAS CLBING OUT I HEARD AN ACFT CALL OUT HIS POS AS BEING ON R BASE FOR RWY 18. I THOUGHT THIS WAS ODD SINCE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A L HAND TFC PATTERN. SINCE I WAS ON THE XWIND LEG AT THE TIME I KNEW THE GUY WOULD BE CLR OF THE RWY BY THE TIME I GOT AROUND TO LNDG. I CLBED UP TO ABOUT 1200 FT AND TURNED BY L DOWNWIND LEG. I BEGAN A SLOW; DSNDING APCH TO LAND. I TURNED BASE AT ABOUT 1000 FT AND 65-70 KTS. I WENT TO 20 DEGS OF FLAPS AND RADIOED MY POS. I TURNED ABOUT A 2 MI FINAL APCH AT ABOUT 900 FT AND 65- 70 KTS. I CHKED MY INSTRUMENTS AND EVERYTHING LOOKED GOOD. I CHKED THE VASI LIGHTS AND NOTICED THAT I WAS A LITTLE HIGH (WHITE OVER WHITE); SO I DECREASED THE THROTTLE BACK TO ABOUT 1500 RPM; WENT TO 30 DEGS OF FLAPS AND LOWERED THE NOSE TO KEEP MY SPD AT ABOUT 65 KTS. I KEPT ON COMING DOWN AND INTERCEPTED THE GLIDE SLOPE ABOUT 300 YARDS FROM THE FENCE. AS I CONTINUED DOWN I NOTICED THAT MY NOSE WAS NOT DIRECTLY IN THE CTR OF THE RWY; SO I ADDED SOME MORE R RUDDER TO STRAIGHTEN THE NOSE. I WAS RIGHT DOWN THE CTR OF THE RWY AT ABOUT 60 KTS AS I CAME OVER THE FENCE. I KEPT COMING DOWN; FLARED; AND LANDED ABOUT 30 YARDS PAST THE NUMBERS. SINCE THIS WAS GOING TO BE A TOUCH AND GO LNDG; I IMMEDIATELY CLEANED UP THE CTLS (CARB HEAT COLD; FLAPS UP); POSITIONED THE AILERONS FOR A XWIND TKOF; AND ADDED FULL PWR. THE NEXT THING I KNOW; THE PLANE VEERED TO THE L. I TRIED TO GET THE ACFT BACK ON THE RWY BUT I WAS GOING TOO FAST; BTWN 45-50 KTS. I WENT OFF THE RWY INTO THE GRASS. WHEN I HIT THE GRASS I PULLED THE THROTTLE BACK AND BEGAN TO APPLY THE BRAKES. IT FELT LIKE I WAS SKIDDING ACROSS THE WET GRASS. I KEPT ROLLING AND HIT A TROUGH IN THE GND; WHICH CAUSED THE PLANE TO BOUNCE. WHEN I BOUNCED I FELT THE FRONT LNDG GEAR GO DOWN AND THAT'S WHEN THE PLANE WENT NOSE FIRST INTO THE GND. AFTER I GATHERED MY SENSES I CUT OFF ALL ELECTRICAL EQUIP AND GOT OUT OF THE ACFT. I AM STILL NOT SURE WHAT THE CAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT WAS.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.