I broke my prop upon returning from the Chesapeake on Sunday 07/14/02 14:30.

I have attached below the explanation that I submitted on my NASA report. I submitted the report because the County that owns the airport that I am based at reported the runway damage (10" x 1" x 1") to the FAA and the FAA decided to inspect my aircraft. At this time I have not heard whether or not any action will be taken.

This is the first Incident that I have had that was my fault in over 30 years of flying. It will be interesting to see what will happen.

NASA Report follows:

This incident was caused by over confidence on my part. I had become to complacent in flying(landing) the airplane. I will not do this again. As I see this incident, four problems occurred. A go around could have been make at any one of these four points.

Problem 1:
I turned final to high.

Problem 2:
I descended at 2,000 ft/min. The descent rate was to steep.

Problem 3:
I did not arrest the decent quickly enough. The aircraft bounced but no damage occurred.

Problem 4:
Rather than go around, I attempted to salvage the landing. The aircraft stalled at about 10 feet above the ground. The left main gear hit first. The right main gear followed but hit harder. The nose than came down hard enough to compress the nose strut and cause the prop to hit the runway.

Looking at the runway after the fact, 7 blade marks could be seen.

The only damage to the aircraft was a bent propeller, a bent right main strut and a bent nose gear fork. The plane was still taxiable.

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Lorn H. 'Feathers' Olsen, MAA, DynaComm, Corp.
248-478-4301, mailto:lorn@dynacomm.ws
LNC2, O-320-D1F, N31161, Y47, SE Michigan