20030103006749I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T337H · Titusville, FL · January 3, 2003

Date
January 3, 2003 · 14:35 local
Place
Titusville, FL
Airport
Space Center Executive Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N817AS
Reported as
Cessna T337H
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,800 total220 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The PIC reported the following: he had performed three landings on runway 27 during this flight, and the mishap occurred during the third landing. Tix ATCT had reported winds with occasional gusts during the previous landings, but the winds were reported as steady just prior to this landing. As the PIC initiated the landing flare, the airplane encountered a wind gust and the aircraft sink rate increased. He attempted to arrest the sink rate by applying additional back pressure to the control yoke, but did not add any power. The airplane contacted the runway and began to "porpoise". He initiated a go-around, and subsequently shut down the front engine due to vibration. He then landed without further incident. Post landing inspection of the airplane revealed minor damage to the nose strut/wheel/tire, prop tips, engine mount, left wing tip, and left aileron.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PIC REPORTED THE FOLLOWING: HE HAD PERFORMED THREE LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 27 DURING THIS FLIGHT, AND THE MISHAP OCCURRED DURING THE THIRD LANDING. TIX ATCT HAD REPORTED WINDS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS DURING THE PREVIOUS LANDINGS, BUT THE WINDS WERE REPORTED AS STEADY JUST PRIOR TO THIS LANDING. AS THE PIC INITIATED THE LANDING FLARE, THE AIRPLANE ENCOUNTERED A WIND GUST AND THE AIRCRAFT SINK RATE INCREASED. HE ATTEMPTED TO ARREST THE SINK RATE BY APPLYING ADDITIONAL BACK PRESSURE TO THE CONTROL YOKE, BUT DID NOT ADD ANY POWER. THE AIRPLANE CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AND BEGAN TO "PORPOISE". HE INITIATED A GO-AROUND, AND SUBSEQUENTLY SHUT DOWN THE FRONT ENGINE DUE TO VIBRATION. HE THEN LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. POST LANDING INSPECTION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE STRUT/WHEEL/TIRE, PROP TIPS, ENGINE MOUNT, LEFT WING TIP, AND LEFT AILERON.