As we were reviewing the accident reports involving the Meyers 200 as part of this month’s Used Aircraft Guide, we ran across one that was depressingly familiar. The pilot landed hard, on all three wheels. He then started pulling back and shoving forward on the wheel, developing classic PIO—pilot induced oscillation—as the airplane bounded between the mains and the nosewheel.
Not surprisingly, the airplane then departed the runway. As the airplane decelerated, all should have been we’ll once the airplane rolled to a stop. The pilot would have been terribly embarrassed, but that would be the extent of the pain.