A C182 PILOT CONTACTED RWY MARKERS WHILE LNDG ON A GUSTY RWY WITH CROSS WINDS AND BEING PUSHED TO THE SIDE OF THE RWY.
Synopsis
A C182 PILOT CONTACTED RWY MARKERS WHILE LNDG ON A GUSTY RWY WITH CROSS WINDS AND BEING PUSHED TO THE SIDE OF THE RWY.
Narrative
I BEGAN PLANNING FOR THE FLT FROM ZZZ TO ZZZ1 PRIOR TO FLT. I PLANNED FOR A DIRECT FLT. THE WX FORECAST INDICATED A HIGH PRESSURE SYS MOVING SW WITH GOOD WX FOR MOST OF THE FLT; A POSSIBILITY OF PRECIP. ANTICIPATING THE CONDITIONS; I ARRANGED AN INST REVIEW FLT WITH AN INSTRUCTOR FOR 6 DAYS PRIOR. 3 DAYS PRIOR TO THE FLT; I REVIEWED THE WX AGAIN TO DETERMINE HOW CONDITIONS WERE CHANGING. AS A RESULT OF THE REVIEW; I DECIDED TO CHANGE MY FLT PLAN FROM A DIRECT FLT TO ONE WITH A STOP IN ZZZ2. THE ADDITIONAL STOP WOULD PERMIT A WX CHK 2 HRS OUT. IN THE MORNING; 1 1/2 HRS PRIOR TO DEP; THE METAR FOR ZZZ1 INDICATED FRB04KT 6SM BR SCT 015 WITH THE TAF PREDICTING SIMILAR CONDITIONS. I DECIDED 'TO GO' AS THE CONDITIONS WERE WITHIN MY PERSONAL SET LIMITS. I DEPARTED ZZZ2 FOR A PLANNED 1 HR 50 MIN FLT. THE IFR FLT PLAN WAS AMENDED INFLT TO ZZZ VOR AND THEN TO ZZZZZ INTXN. AFTER ZZZ VOR; I WAS RADAR VECTORED TO ZZZ1 FOR THE ILS. THE ATIS CHANGED AT ZZZ1. THE CURRENT ATIS INDICATED A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE: WINDS AT 150 DEGS 9 KTS GUSTING TO 20 KTS; 6 SM; RAIN; BROKEN 1200 FT; ALTIMETER 30.03. A HIWAS WAS ISSUED -- ATC. I CALCULATED THE XWIND COMPONENT AS WINDS 150 DEGS AT 9 KTS GUSTING TO 20 KTS; 15 KT XWIND; WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE ACFT AND MY TRAINING. I INTERCEPTED THE ILS AT 2000 FT FROM 120 DEGS. I GAINED SIGHT OF THE ARPT'S LIGHT AT 1200 FT NEAR ZZZZZ1 INTXN. I FOLLOWED THE GS DOWN NOTING DARK SKIES S OF THE ARPT. I PASSED THROUGH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN. ON FINAL; I WAS AT 80+ KTS AND 20 DEGS FLAPS. I DID NOT DEPLOY FULL FLAPS AS I WANTED A BIT MORE SPD. THE RWY WAS 6000 FT. PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN; I CORRECTED FOR THE XWIND BY TURNING THE AILERONS INTO THE WIND AND APPLYING OPPOSITE RUDDER AND HOLDING THE CORRECTION. WHEN THE R MAIN WHEEL TOUCHED THE RWY; THE ACFT WAS SUDDENLY LIFTED IN THE AIR. I FOUND THE ACFT ABOVE THE RWY; HEADING ESE TOWARD THE ALPHA TXWY LOSING ALT. FEARFUL OF A COLLISION WITH ACFT ON TXWY A OR LNDG IN THE GRASS SOAKED BARRIER; I POWERED UP THE ACFT; FLYING IT OFF THE RWY; APPLYING SIGNIFICANT L RUDDER WHILE MAINTAINING LEVEL WINGS. I ATTEMPTED TO MAINTAIN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE. WHILE FLYING BACK TO THE RWY; I IMPACTED A FEW MARKERS WITH THE REAR OF THE ACFT. ONCE OVER THE RWY AGAIN; I LANDED AND TAXIED TO TXWY A/B INTXN AND CONTACTED GND. I BELIEVE I EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT WIND GUST AND WEATHERVANED UPON TOUCHDOWN. THERE WERE TSTMS IN THE VICINITY. I MAINTAINED CTL OF THE ACFT; LNDG ON THE ASSIGNED RWY AND TAXIED TO THE FBO. NO ONE WAS INJURED. I WAS CONTACTED BY THE TWR AND THE FAA WITHIN THE HR. IT WOULD HAVE HELPED ME IF THE TWR AT ZZZ1 WOULD HAVE SUGGESTED TO 'CIRCLE AND LAND ON RWY XX' AS RWY XX WAS MORE ALIGNED WITH THE WIND THAN RWY YY.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.