GA pilot reported a turf runway excursion that led to damage from rough surface conditions concealed...

Attributes
ACN	1464242
Time
Date	201707
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	T51.Airport
State Reference	TX
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 26 Flight Crew Total 200 Flight Crew Type 18
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Ground Event / Encounter Object Ground Excursion Runway

Narrative:

Event: during landing and braking on turf runway; the aircraft drifted to the right of the runway. Correction for drifting was applied. The aircraft entered an uncut portion of the turf. The tall grass unknowingly concealed areas of untreated and rough ground. Outcome: no one was injured. The front castoring wheel snapped with the aircraft stopping and resting on the front landing strut. A propeller blade struck the ground and bent; and the engine stopped while at idle speed.possible causes: drifting possibly caused by hard surface grading (sloping to the right) and reduced traction of gear as the aircraft glided on grass. Castoring wheel snapping off caused by rough ground while soft-field technique applied. Prevention: post a warning in the chart supplementals. Clear 50 ft obstacles on both ends of runway. Clear the uncut grass to expose dangers. Place warning signs for pilots and/or fence off unusable area to prevent pilots from entering.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GA pilot reported a turf runway excursion that led to damage from rough surface conditions concealed by tall grass.

Narrative: Event: During landing and braking on turf runway; the aircraft drifted to the right of the runway. Correction for drifting was applied. The aircraft entered an uncut portion of the turf. The tall grass unknowingly concealed areas of untreated and rough ground. Outcome: No one was injured. The front castoring wheel snapped with the aircraft stopping and resting on the front landing strut. A propeller blade struck the ground and bent; and the engine stopped while at idle speed.Possible causes: Drifting possibly caused by hard surface grading (sloping to the right) and reduced traction of gear as the aircraft glided on grass. Castoring wheel snapping off caused by rough ground while soft-field technique applied. Prevention: Post a warning in the chart supplementals. Clear 50 ft obstacles on both ends of runway. Clear the uncut grass to expose dangers. Place warning signs for pilots and/or fence off unusable area to prevent pilots from entering.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.