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.
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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