GoJet strikes a wingtip on landing

[dvmthwsvan]

Time to take another plane from ASA!

Then I guess it's time for ASA to take another from Comair!

 

[Erlanger]

Which wing contacted the runway?

Left wing - too much correction for the crosswind.
Right wing - no correction for the crosswind or using aileron to decrab instead of rudder (and the wind brought the left wing up).

My guess is the right wing, as I have seen instances of very poor crosswind technique both at the regionals and at the majors.

On CRJs it's usually the up wing (downwind) that gets dropped and struck cos when the main touches some pilots think they're done flying and take out the correction or are afraid to keep it in or they're lazy. Got to keep that correction in till all wheels are down and the airplane decelerates. Bombardier has determined that a bank of more then 10 degrees on the upwind wing will strike the wing.

 

[FmrFreightDog]

I can't believe people who get paid to fly passengers are having a discussion about what is and isn't proper crosswind technique. Simply unbelievable.

 

[Max Q]

You can't believe that people are talking about flying on an internet forum for pilots?

 

[RJLoser]

I can't believe people who get paid to fly passengers are having a discussion about what is and isn't proper crosswind technique. Simply unbelievable.

Was thinking the same thing.

 

[damnflyboy]

OK. Seriously. What in the he11 is a "crosswind landing?"

 

[SplitBar]

Mesaba had a wingtip strike a few years ago on the CRJ900. The plane flew for 4 days before a Captain finally noticed the damage on a post flight walk around as the offending crew never bothered to write it up and a dozen pre flights went by without anyone noticing either.

 

[rjacobs]

a Captain finally noticed the damage on a post flight walk around

A captain doing a walk around? Must have been in Mexico, the Caribbean or Florida.

 

[acpilot]

I can't believe people who get paid to fly passengers are having a discussion about what is and isn't proper crosswind technique. Simply unbelievable.

Got that right. These are our "professionals."

 

[Captainzero1]

I can't believe people who get paid to fly passengers are having a discussion about what is and isn't proper crosswind technique. Simply unbelievable.

Based on that logic why go do a pc you already know everything after all you fly pax so why should your company bother checking you.
It is just technique being discussed, x-wind techniques are different for every plane, ever fly the md-11, those fedex guys were a hell of alot more experienced than me and screwed the pooch unfortunately.