20110312003409A

ON MARCH 12, 2011 AT APPROXIMATELY 1305 LOCAL TIME, A PIPER CHEROKEE, PA-28-161, N2838D, EXPERIENCED A NOSE LOW LANDING WHICH RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFTS' FIREWALL, ENGINE/ NOSE LANDING GEAR MOUNT STRUCTURE, AND NOSE LANDING GEAR. THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED DUE TO CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY SURFACE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A COMMERCIAL PILOT AND CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, WAS PROVIDING INSTRUCTION TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A STUDENT PILOT, IN CROSSWIND PROCEDURES. WHILE PERFORMING TRAFFIC PATTERN WORK ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FAILED TO PERFORM PROPER CROSSWIND LANDING TECHNIQUES WHICH IN TURN RESULTED IN THIS AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FAILED TO PROVIDE OR CONDUCT PROPER CORRECTIVE ACTION. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD PREVIOUSLY FAILED HIS PRIVATE PILOT CHECK RIDE IN THE AREAS OF CROSSWIND LANDING TECHNIQUES AND AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS ON DECEMBER 12, 2010. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD RETURNED TO OXFORD FLIGHT TRAINING TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL TRAINING FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK OFF AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 LOCAL TO PRACTICE TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS. ACCORDING TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATEMENT THE WINDS WERE REPORTED AT 250 AND 280 AT 8 KNOTS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PERFORMED TWO STOP AND GO LANDINGS FOLLOWED BY 2 TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS TO RUNWAY 36. DURING THE INTERVIEW OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT THEY WERE FLYING THE FINAL APPROACH AT 70 KNOTS, WITH THREE NOTCHES OF FLAPS. DURING THE APPROACH AND LANDING THE STUDENT PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE PILOT ON THE CONTROLS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FURTHER STATED THAT THEY WERE NOT CONDUCTING ANY SIMULATIONS, THAT THE APPROACH WAS NORMAL, THE VASI INDICATED ON GLIDE SLOPE, AND THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT IDLE CROSSING THE THRESHOLD. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE WAS CRABBING TO CORRECT FOR THE CROSSWIND AND "KICKED" THE RUDDER TO ALIGN THE AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE DID NOT PERCEIVE ANY LATERAL DRIFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT THEY LANDED "EXTREMELY FLAT" AND THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO APPLY POWER BUT, BY THE TIME HE HAD REACHED THE THROTTLE IT WAS TOO LATE. VIDEO SURVEILLANCE FROM THE WATERBURY-OXFORD AIRPORT SHOWS THE AIRCRAFT LANDING IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LOOKED AT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND STATED THAT HE THOUGHT THAT THEY HAD A FLAT TIRE. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAS SUSTAINED SUBSTANIAL DAMAGE.