SMA PLT LOST CTL DURING LNDG TOUCHDOWN RESULTING IN A PROP STRIKE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROP TIPS.

Date: 2001-08 · Aircraft: Small Aircraft · Phase: landing

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-less-severe|ground-event-encounter-loss-of-aircraft-control

Synopsis

SMA PLT LOST CTL DURING LNDG TOUCHDOWN RESULTING IN A PROP STRIKE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROP TIPS.

Narrative

AT APPROX XA00 EST; MY SR22 SUFFERED A PROP STRIKE WHILE LNDG AT CXY; RWY 30. THE ACFT WAS ON A PART 91 VFR FLT FROM LBE TO CXY. APPROX 10 MINS INTO THE FLT; THE PLT'S DOOR CAME UNLATCHED AND A PRECAUTIONARY LNDG WAS MADE AT JST. THE DOOR WAS CLOSED AFTER LNDG AND THE FLT RESUMED. THIS ADDED STRESS MAY HAVE BEEN A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. UPON APCHING CXY; THE ACFT WAS DIRECTED TO FOLLOW A CESSNA DOING TOUCH AND GOES ON RWY 30. AFTER ENTERING DOWNWIND; THE PLT LOST SIGHT OF THE CESSNA AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE CESSNA WAS OVER THE NUMBERS. THE PLT GLANCED DOWN AND SAW AN ACFT ON A RWY AND HEADED TOWARDS IT. THAT RWY WAS RWY 26 AND THE PLT ADVISED THE TWR THAT THE ACFT WAS STATIONARY. THE TWR GAVE THE PLT VECTORS FOR A NEW APCH TO RWY 30. THE FINAL APCH WAS MADE AT 95 KTS; WHICH IS 10 KTS OVER THE RECOMMENDED AIRSPD. THE ACFT BOUNCED ON TOUCHDOWN AND THEREAFTER BOUNCED A SECOND TIME. THE SECOND BOUNCE WAS MORE SEVERE AND THE PLT ELECTED TO DO A GAR. THE PLT BELIEVED THAT THE PROP STRIKE OCCURRED ON THE SECOND BOUNCE. HOWEVER; THERE WAS NO PROP VIBRATION AND THE ENG APPEARED NORMAL. THE PLT REQUESTED A LONG FINAL AND WAS HANDED TO HAR APCH. THE PLT RECEIVED VECTORS FOR A 5 MI FINAL AND A NORMAL LNDG WAS ACCOMPLISHED. AFTER ENG SHUTDOWN; THE PLT SAW 3 PROP BLADES WERE BENT. IN RETROSPECT; A GAR AFTER THE FIRST BOUNCE WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THE PROP STRIKE.

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