TWIN PROP STRIKE DURING A TOUCH-AND-GO OP IN A PA23-250 AZTEC. PLT OWNER AND TRAINEE HAD NOT BEEN BRIEFED REGARDING A TOUCH-AND-GO; NEVER HAD DONE ONE IN THIS ACFT. INSTRUCTOR PLT CITES AN EARLY GEAR RETRACTION AS CAUSE.

Date: 1997-05 · Aircraft: PA-23-250 Aztec

Anomalies: conflict-ground-conflict|critical|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|inflight-event-encounter-loss-of-aircraft-control|other-unspecified

Synopsis

TWIN PROP STRIKE DURING A TOUCH-AND-GO OP IN A PA23-250 AZTEC. PLT OWNER AND TRAINEE HAD NOT BEEN BRIEFED REGARDING A TOUCH-AND-GO; NEVER HAD DONE ONE IN THIS ACFT. INSTRUCTOR PLT CITES AN EARLY GEAR RETRACTION AS CAUSE.

Narrative

THIS WAS A TRAINING FLT FOR INST PROFICIENCY CURRENCY. I TOOK OFF WITH THE INSTRUCTOR FROM ALLAIRE AIR PARK; BLM; AND FLEW UNDER THE HOOD TO MILLER AIR PARK; MJX. I MADE A GOOD ILS APCH TO RWY 6. AT 600 FT MSL THE INSTRUCTOR TOLD ME TO TAKE OFF THE HOOD AND MAKE A CIRCLING APCH TO RWY 24. THE WIND; WHICH WAS VERY STRONG AND GUSTY; FAVORED RWY 24. AS I TURNED TOWARD THE BASE LEG; HE TOLD ME TO DO A TOUCH-AND-GO. I WAS SURPRISED BY HIS REQUEST SO I ASKED HIM TO REPEAT AND; AGAIN; HE SAID TOUCH-AND- GO. I HAD NEVER DONE A TOUCH-AND-GO LNDG IN A TWIN AND KNEW THAT THIS IS PRACTICALLY NEVER DONE IN A TWIN. I SHOULD HAVE REFUSED HIS INSTRUCTION; BUT IN THE ATMOSPHERE OF WANTING TO FINISH THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF APCHS AND GET MY LOGBOOK SIGNED; I COMPLIED WITH THE INSTRUCTOR'S REQUEST. I LANDED; WITH THE FLAPS AND GEAR DOWN; IN A VERY GUSTY WIND. THE ACFT ROLLED OUT A SHORT DISTANCE AND I ADVANCED THE THROTTLE ALL THE WAY AND RAISED THE FLAPS. I ROTATED AND THE ACFT CLBED OFF THE RWY. NEXT; I RAISED THE GEAR AND; JUST AT THAT TIME; A STRONG GUST HIT THE ACFT AND IT WAS PUSHED DOWN ENOUGH FOR THE PROP TIPS TO TOUCH THE RWY MOMENTARILY. HOWEVER; THE ACFT WAS CLBING NORMALLY SO I DECIDED TO CONTINUE TO BELMAR WHERE I HAD PICKED UP THE INSTRUCTOR AND WHERE THE SHOP IS WHICH ALWAYS SVCS THE PLANE. THE PERFORMANCE OF THE ENGS AND THE FLT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AIRPLANE WERE NORMAL IN ALL RESPECTS IN THE CLB AND CRUISE TO BELMAR. AT BELMAR I TAXIED TO THE MAINT SHOP. IT WAS AN ERROR IN JUDGEMENT FOR ME TO COMPLY WITH THE INSTRUCTOR'S REQUEST FOR A TOUCH-AND-GO LNDG. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 367954: UPON THE APPLICATION OF FULL PWR; THE PLT THEN PROCEEDED TO RAISE THE LNDG GEAR BEFORE THE CRAFT WAS AIRBORNE. I THEN ATTEMPTED TO OVERRIDE THE YOKE TO ESTABLISH A CLB. THE PLT WAS FIGHTING MY CTL AND WAS PUSHING THE NOSE FORWARD. THE GEAR RETRACTED AND ACFT NOSE DIPPED FORWARD; PROPS STRUCK THE RWY AND WE THEN PROCEEDED TO CLB SAFELY. BOTTOM LINE: PLT FOUGHT MY CTL TO POSITIVELY CTL ACFT AND PLT DID NOT FOLLOW SAFE PROCS FOR A TOUCH-AND-GO.

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