What happened
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2021-11-09 N3YU had a hard landing at ksuw during a crosswind landing
The PIC was out for a local flight in his new airplane. He had flown 4 transition training flights in the aircraft with a CFI for a total of 6 hours a month prior to this incident. In the 30 days prior the PIC had flown an additional 4 flights adding just over another 5 hours. Total flight time in this high wing Cessna was about 12HRS. Prior to this the PIC owned and flew a Cirrus low wing aircraft. He had flown 3 Cirrus flights in 2020 and the same in 2021 for less than 10 hours per year.
The runway options at ksuw are rwy 22 or 32. On this day the winds were out of 270/10 with gusts up to 14. The PIC had done one landing on rwy 22, then came around and tried one on rwy 32, but he did not like the winds down low so he executed a go around. He then reset, flew a normal pattern for rwy 22. The pattern was lined up nice, he was on centerline, full flaps, and was using the wing down/top rudder technique putting the right wing into the right crosswind. Getting close to the pavement he pulled the power back and instantly the bottom dropped out on the plane and it hit hard on the rwy at the 1000 ft. mark.
The PIC could not recollect if he continued to hold in crosswind controls after the hard landing. He stated he pulled the power to idle and attempted to use brakes and rudder to control the aircraft. The aircraft picked up a line 15 degrees left of centerline and started heading for the edge of the rwy. All three tire marks could be seen on the rwy, no prop strikes took place on the pavement. At 1300 ft., 300 ft. after touchdown, the aircraft departed the edge of the pavement the nose wheel sunk in and broke aft. This lead to prop strikes in the grass, leaving sweeping bends on the blades. With winds still coming from the right, the aircraft tipped forward and left and the left wing cap and close out rib tapped the ground. The wing cap was broken and there was slight deformation to the closeout rib, but the wing was fine and after the impact the airplane set back down upright in the grass just off the left side of rwy 22.
The PIC shut down the aircraft and exited without injury.
The discussion with the PIC stressed the point of maintaining crosswind control inputs all the way through the roll out to a stop. It was suggested that even when taxiing put in crosswind control inputs to assist in developing that action and wind recognition.
As the FAA filed it
2021-11-09 N3YU HAD A HARD LANDING AT KSUW DURING A CROSSWIND LANDING
THE PIC WAS OUT FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT IN HIS NEW AIRPLANE. HE HAD FLOWN 4 TRANSITION TRAINING FLIGHTS IN THE AIRCRAFT WITH A CFI FOR A TOTAL OF 6 HOURS A MONTH PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. IN THE 30 DAYS PRIOR THE PIC HAD FLOWN AN ADDITIONAL 4 FLIGHTS ADDING JUST OVER ANOTHER 5 HOURS. TOTAL FLIGHT TIME IN THIS HIGH WING CESSNA WAS ABOUT 12HRS. PRIOR TO THIS THE PIC OWNED AND FLEW A CIRRUS LOW WING AIRCRAFT. HE HAD FLOWN 3 CIRRUS FLIGHTS IN 2020 AND THE SAME IN 2021 FOR LESS THAN 10 HOURS PER YEAR.
THE RUNWAY OPTIONS AT KSUW ARE RWY 22 OR 32. ON THIS DAY THE WINDS WERE OUT OF 270/10 WITH GUSTS UP TO 14. THE PIC HAD DONE ONE LANDING ON RWY 22, THEN CAME AROUND AND TRIED ONE ON RWY 32, BUT HE DID NOT LIKE THE WINDS DOWN LOW SO HE EXECUTED A GO AROUND. HE THEN RESET, FLEW A NORMAL PATTERN FOR RWY 22. THE PATTERN WAS LINED UP NICE, HE WAS ON CENTERLINE, FULL FLAPS, AND WAS USING THE WING DOWN/TOP RUDDER TECHNIQUE PUTTING THE RIGHT WING INTO THE RIGHT CROSSWIND. GETTING CLOSE TO THE PAVEMENT HE PULLED THE POWER BACK AND INSTANTLY THE BOTTOM DROPPED OUT ON THE PLANE AND IT HIT HARD ON THE RWY AT THE 1000 FT. MARK.
THE PIC COULD NOT RECOLLECT IF HE CONTINUED TO HOLD IN CROSSWIND CONTROLS AFTER THE HARD LANDING. HE STATED HE PULLED THE POWER TO IDLE AND ATTEMPTED TO USE BRAKES AND RUDDER TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT PICKED UP A LINE 15 DEGREES LEFT OF CENTERLINE AND STARTED HEADING FOR THE EDGE OF THE RWY. ALL THREE TIRE MARKS COULD BE SEEN ON THE RWY, NO PROP STRIKES TOOK PLACE ON THE PAVEMENT. AT 1300 FT., 300 FT. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE EDGE OF THE PAVEMENT THE NOSE WHEEL SUNK IN AND BROKE AFT. THIS LEAD TO PROP STRIKES IN THE GRASS, LEAVING SWEEPING BENDS ON THE BLADES. WITH WINDS STILL COMING FROM THE RIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT TIPPED FORWARD AND LEFT AND THE LEFT WING CAP AND CLOSE OUT RIB TAPPED THE GROUND. THE WING CAP WAS BROKEN AND THERE WAS SLIGHT DEFORMATION TO THE CLOSEOUT RIB, BUT THE WING WAS FINE AND AFTER THE IMPACT THE AIRPLANE SET BACK DOWN UPRIGHT IN THE GRASS JUST OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RWY 22.
THE PIC SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT AND EXITED WITHOUT INJURY.
THE DISCUSSION WITH THE PIC STRESSED THE POINT OF MAINTAINING CROSSWIND CONTROL INPUTS ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE ROLL OUT TO A STOP. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT EVEN WHEN TAXIING PUT IN CROSSWIND CONTROL INPUTS TO ASSIST IN DEVELOPING THAT ACTION AND WIND RECOGNITION.