Amateur/Home Built/Experimental
Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 9; Flight Crew Total 564; Flight Crew Type 9
Human-Machine Interface
Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft; Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged
Aircraft; Human Factors; Weather
Incident only: 90 degrees crosswind from 120 degrees at 8 MPH gusts to 18 MPH; flared to land on Runway 03; gust picked up right wing causing right hand turn; landed at an angle; and the nose gear collapsed damaging the prop and lower cowling. No injuries; damage confined to propeller; nose gear; and lower cowling.
Experimental aircraft pilot reports losing control during landing in a strong crosswind; resulting in nose gear collapse and damage to the prop and lower cowling.