What happened
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NTSB accident number is: CEN22LA043
Atqa accident number for this event is: AGL0322001
Sas activity number(s) associated with the event GL03202203357
Aircraft: N99715, s/n 17276501
When: 11/21/2021 1702Z,
Where: chicago executive airport (pwk)
Weather conditions: kpwk 211652Z 23007KT 10SM BKN060 BKN075 10/01 A3001, winds forecasted to increase.
Injuries: none
Damage from event: substantial aircraft damage. Nose gear absorbed much of the impact and sheared away bending the firewall causing engine mounts to bend and damage to propeller and spinner. Left wing struck the ground and caused damage and buckling to the last third of the wing. Minor airport facility damage with the loss of a runway light.
Post event fire or damage: none
Flight control continuity check: nominal
A student pilot was completing solo full stop takeoffs and landings at pwk. Pilot had taken off from runway 24, and changed to runway 16 for landing. The pilot reported setting up on a long 3 mile final due to previous traffic. Pilot reported a stabilized approach with half flaps and increased speed in order to be ready for an expected crosswind increase in the forecast. The pilot reported being pushed off centerline by a sudden crosswind gust and extended the landing approach in order to give time to regain alignment with the centerline. The pilot reported that he may have flared too high, and the aircraft dropped suddenly on the landing gear and bounced. This chain of events started a porpoised landing scenario. Subsequent bounces became more aggressive and on the third bounce the aircraft veered off the runway in a lateral runway excursion. The spinner, propeller, and nose of the aircraft impacted the grass just east of the runway, absorbed much of the impact and slowed the aircraft down. The left wing impacted the ground and brought the aircraft to a stop. Video from the airport authority shows much of the event. The video depicts that on the first bounce the aircraft struck nose gear first. The pilot did not initiate a go-around after the first bounce, and struck the runway harder the second and third time.
As the FAA filed it
NTSB ACCIDENT NUMBER IS: CEN22LA043
ATQA ACCIDENT NUMBER FOR THIS EVENT IS: AGL0322001
SAS ACTIVITY NUMBER(S) ASSOCIATED WITH THE EVENT GL03202203357
AIRCRAFT: N99715, S/N 17276501
WHEN: 11/21/2021 1702Z,
WHERE: CHICAGO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (PWK)
WEATHER CONDITIONS: KPWK 211652Z 23007KT 10SM BKN060 BKN075 10/01 A3001, WINDS FORECASTED TO INCREASE.
INJURIES: NONE
DAMAGE FROM EVENT: SUBSTANTIAL AIRCRAFT DAMAGE. NOSE GEAR ABSORBED MUCH OF THE IMPACT AND SHEARED AWAY BENDING THE FIREWALL CAUSING ENGINE MOUNTS TO BEND AND DAMAGE TO PROPELLER AND SPINNER. LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND AND CAUSED DAMAGE AND BUCKLING TO THE LAST THIRD OF THE WING. MINOR AIRPORT FACILITY DAMAGE WITH THE LOSS OF A RUNWAY LIGHT.
POST EVENT FIRE OR DAMAGE: NONE
FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY CHECK: NOMINAL
A STUDENT PILOT WAS COMPLETING SOLO FULL STOP TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS AT PWK. PILOT HAD TAKEN OFF FROM RUNWAY 24, AND CHANGED TO RUNWAY 16 FOR LANDING. THE PILOT REPORTED SETTING UP ON A LONG 3 MILE FINAL DUE TO PREVIOUS TRAFFIC. PILOT REPORTED A STABILIZED APPROACH WITH HALF FLAPS AND INCREASED SPEED IN ORDER TO BE READY FOR AN EXPECTED CROSSWIND INCREASE IN THE FORECAST. THE PILOT REPORTED BEING PUSHED OFF CENTERLINE BY A SUDDEN CROSSWIND GUST AND EXTENDED THE LANDING APPROACH IN ORDER TO GIVE TIME TO REGAIN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CENTERLINE. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE MAY HAVE FLARED TOO HIGH, AND THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED SUDDENLY ON THE LANDING GEAR AND BOUNCED. THIS CHAIN OF EVENTS STARTED A PORPOISED LANDING SCENARIO. SUBSEQUENT BOUNCES BECAME MORE AGGRESSIVE AND ON THE THIRD BOUNCE THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY IN A LATERAL RUNWAY EXCURSION. THE SPINNER, PROPELLER, AND NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GRASS JUST EAST OF THE RUNWAY, ABSORBED MUCH OF THE IMPACT AND SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT DOWN. THE LEFT WING IMPACTED THE GROUND AND BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT TO A STOP. VIDEO FROM THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY SHOWS MUCH OF THE EVENT. THE VIDEO DEPICTS THAT ON THE FIRST BOUNCE THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK NOSE GEAR FIRST. THE PILOT DID NOT INITIATE A GO-AROUND AFTER THE FIRST BOUNCE, AND STRUCK THE RUNWAY HARDER THE SECOND AND THIRD TIME.
NTSB investigation
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