20020126001859A

(.19) On January 26, 2002, at 1145 eastern standard time, a Beech F33A, N350NW, operated by a private pilot, experienced a hard landing on runway 17 (6,500 feet by 150 feet, asphalt) at the Bloomington-Monroe County Airport, Bloomington, Indiana. The pilot and three passengers were not injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. The 14 CFR part 91 flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The flight originated from griffith, Indiana, at 1045 eastern standard time. (-23) the pilot was landing on runway 17 with the winds from 220 at 14 knots. The airplane bounced on landing and the pilot tried to keep the airplane on the runway. The airplane porpoised and ballooned high above the runway before it came back down to the runway. The airplane made a hard landing on the second touch down. The right main tire went flat and the right wind received substantial damage. The second wind spar on the right wind was cracked and several rivet heads had been popped off. The upper wing skin above the second wing spar was buckled. The pilot was unable to taxi and shut down the aircraft. The pilot and passengers were not hurt. Everybody walked awa y from the aircraft over the FBO by the tower. The pilot had the airplane towed off the runway. The tower was able to have other traffic use runway 24, until runway 17 was cleared of the damaged aircraft.