Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Commercial
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 37; Flight Crew Total 1160; Flight Crew Type 700
Training / Qualification
Deviation - Speed All Types; Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft; Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Regained Aircraft Control; Flight Crew Executed Go Around / Missed Approach
Weather; Human Factors
I was flying with my instructor and we had just taken off. We were going to practice power off spot landings. It was a windy day. As I was in the landing phase; I started to sink abruptly; possible due to airspeed or a gust. I went to full throttle but the airplane hit the ground hard and the left wing contacted the ground. We did a go around and came around to land normally. On inspection of the airplane; we found damage to the left wing [and] damage to the tip tank. After an inspection by the mechanic on the field; we determined the airplane was not flyable. The airplane will be inspected and repaired.
At about five feet above the runway; while practicing a power off 180 accuracy landing; the pilot got too slow and the airplane stalled; dropping a wing as it stalled. Prior to flying; the pilot and I had discussed the possibility of the need for increasing glide speed to reach the target if the head wind might prevent us from reaching the target. We also discussed how increasing the propeller control from flat pitch to coarse could accelerate the airplane towards the target while at the same time adding flaps to balloon the airplane up. We chose the 1000 foot marker as the target; so that we had runway to land on prior to the target if we found ourselves coming up short. As we approached the runway it was evident that we were going to come up short. The pilot; instead of using any of the techniques we discussed; started increasing the pitch in an attempt to 'stretch' the glide. I told him he was starting to get slow and to lower the nose. When I realized the pilot was not taking preventive action I started to reach to the throttle to add power just as the pilot 'slammed' the throttle in. The engine; being turbonormalized; did not immediately respond; and the airplane stalled; dropping the left wing as it did. We hit the runway hard; dragging the left wing tip tank in a wing low yawed state. At that point the pilot had pulled the throttle back and then reapplied power more smoothly; while at the same time I had taken the controls; adding right rudder to straighten the airplane out in relationship to the runway and leveling the wings as we bounced back in to the air and initiated a go-around. Had I not taken over the controls there was a fairly good chance the airplane would have exited the runway and cartwheeled as it encountered the soft grass on the edge of the runway.My lesson learned: even when working with a client with whom you have flown hundreds of hours with and whom you trust; DO NOT let down your guard!
BE36 instructor and student pilot reported striking the wingtip following a stall during the flare.