19990827025399A

(.19) On August 27, 1999, about 1630 hours pacific daylight time, a Cessna 177, N3327T, operated by the pilot, made a hard landing and was substantially damaged at the uncontrolled Carson Airport, Carson City, Nevada. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed during the personal flight, and no flight plan was filed. The flight was performed under 14 CFR part 91. The private pilot, who was the sole occupant in the airplane, was not injured. The flight originated from minden, Nevada, about 1615. The pilot reported that earlier during the day he passed a biennial flight review (bfr). Prior to that he had not flown in about 1.5 years. The bfr lasted about 1.1 hours during which he performed two landings with the wing flaps partially extended. After the bfr, he flew to the Carson Airport, extended the wing flaps to the 10-degree setting, and landed on 5,900-foot-long runway 27. The pilot further indicated that he approached the runway with excessive airspeed and in a nose low attitude. The pilot stated although there was no crosswind, he did encounter a wind gust and turbulence. The airplane touched down on its nose gear, bounced, and commenced porpoising. According to the p ilot, no mechanical problems were experienced with the airplane during the flight. (.4)on August 27, 1999, about 1630 hours pacific daylight time, a Cessna 177, N3327T, operated by the pilot, made a hard landing and was substantially damaged at the uncontrolled Carson Airport, Carson City, Nevada. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed during the personal flight, and no flight plan was filed. The flight was performed under 14 CFR part 91. The private pilot, who was the sole airplane occupant, was not injured. The flight originated from minden, Nevada, about 1615. The pilot reported to the national transportation safety board investigator that earlier during the day he passed a biennial flight review (bfr). Prior to that he had not flown in about 1.5 years. The bfr lasted about 1.1 hours during which he performed two landings with the wing flaps partially extended. After completing the bfr, he flew to the Carson Airport, extended the wing flaps to the 10-degree setting, and landed on 5,900-foot-long runway 27. The pilot further indicated that he approached the runway with excessive airspeed and in a nose low attit ude. The pilot stated although there was no crosswind, he did encounter a "small amount of turbulence." The airplane touched down on its nose wheel, bounced, and commenced porpoising. According to the pilot, no mechanical problems were experienced with the airplane during the flight. (-23)pilot departed cxp to mev for a bfr. After a satisfactory bfr, and during that return flight, the pilot pulled power on short final at cxp. When power was reduced, the nose of the aircraft dropped and the aircraft contacted runway 27 at a nose down attitude damaging the nose gear and steering linkage. The aircraft departed the runway to the left and struck a sign.