BEECH BONANZA 35A PLT LOST CTL DURING LNDG IN STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDSHEAR RESULTING IN HITTING 2 RWY EDGE LIGHTS BEFORE GOING AROUND AND SUBSEQUENTLY LNDG WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DIFFICULTY. THE ACFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PROP AND FLAPS.

Date: 2002-02 · Aircraft: Bonanza 35 · Phase: landing

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

Synopsis

BEECH BONANZA 35A PLT LOST CTL DURING LNDG IN STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDSHEAR RESULTING IN HITTING 2 RWY EDGE LIGHTS BEFORE GOING AROUND AND SUBSEQUENTLY LNDG WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DIFFICULTY. THE ACFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PROP AND FLAPS.

Narrative

I LISTENED TO AWOS AT IJX ON 108.6 AND THE PITTSFIELD ON 118.5W. IT WAS CLR SKY; 10 MI VISIBILITY AND GUSTING WINDS FROM THE S ON THE SURFACE 20-29 KTS. I CHOSE TO LAND RWY 13. WHILE ON FINAL THE WIND WAS REALLY VERY STRONG AND GUSTING. I HAD A SPD OF 95-100 MI INDICATED; MIXTURE AND PROP ALL THE WAY FORWARD. AT THE THRESHOLD THERE WAS A SUDDEN CHANGE IN THE SPD TO 60 KTS. I PUSHED THE THROTTLE FORWARD -- A GUST OF WIND POINTED THE NOSE TO THE L AS I PULLED UP TO GO AROUND. THE ACFT APPARENTLY TOUCHED THE GND AND SOME RWY LIGHTS IN AN ATTITUDE THAT I COULD NOT SEE VERY WELL MOMENTARILY AND THEN I WAS WINGS LEVEL AND CLBING. I BELIEVE THAT ALL THIS HAPPENED DUE TO A WINDSHEAR FOLLOWED BY A STRONG GUST OF WIND FROM THE R; WITH THE ACFT NOW MOVING SLOWER AND NOT RESPONDING TO INPUT AS WELL. I THEN PROCEEDED TO GO AROUND AND MADE ANOTHER APCH AND LANDED RWY 13. WHEN I STOPPED AT THE GAS PUMP; TO MY SURPRISE I HAD A BENT PROP AT THE TIPS AND SOME BUCKLING OF THE FLAPS; WHICH WERE LOWERED ALL THE WAY FOR THE LNDG. DAMAGE FROM CONTACT WITH GND/LIGHTS? PITTSFIELD ARPT IS A NON TWR FACILITY AND THERE WAS NO ONE THERE ABOUT XA00 ON SUNDAY. IT IS HARD TO COPE WITH NATURE'S STRONG PHYSICAL CHALLENGES. WISH MY SPD WAS A BIT FASTER AT THE THRESHOLD.

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