2009-12 · NASA ASRS report 862422
Both the pilot flying and a pilot observing from another aircraft reported an unstable approach followed by an attempted go around that did not result in disaster due to the timely contributions of ATC and ground personnel.
I approached Runway 32 at a high altitude on left downwind (3000 feet) due to over flying the landing end of 5L. I extended my downwind with approval from the controller to lose altitude and descended to about 2000 feet and turned my left base with a four mile final. At this time I was high and fast but thought I could land OK. The tower cleared me to land before I turned base. I descended on final to Runway 32 and was a little high on the VASI at about 145 KIAS. About two miles final; I was at 120 KIAS and lowered the first notch of flaps. I went over the numbers at about 100 KIAS and lowered full flaps to get down. The plane floated and touched down about mid field. At this time I attempted to stop but the runway was running out fast. With short runway remaining; I realized I couldn't stop so I attempted a missed landing and applied full power and retracted the flaps. I accidentally raised all of the flaps instead of to the first notch. I lifted off the runway but then started losing altitude. Looking ahead of me; I thought I saw traffic on Taxiways C and D and looked left and Taxiway A looked empty as an option to abort. I turned sharp left and cut power and the left wing tip (pilot's side) struck the taxiway between A6 and A5. The aircraft came to rest between A5 and A4.
We received a push clearance off of the gate from Ground to push onto Taxiway A. We commenced the push; and when we were about ten yards from the Taxiway edge; we heard Ground say; 'Flight XXX; stop the push!' repeated twice. Simultaneously; the tug driver abruptly applied brakes and stopped the push. He did this because he noticed a Cirrus aircraft traveling quickly on Taxiway A from our right to left. The Ground Controller said that the Cirrus aircraft had been out of control in attempting to land on Runway 32. He asked us to get pulled back into the gate so that CFR could proceed behind us to the cirrus (who eventually came to a stop on Taxiway A). We had the tug driver pull us back into the gate and waited there about 30 minutes before Ground re-cleared us to push. We continued the flight without further incident. I think the vigilance of both the tug driver and the ground controller kept us from a collision.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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