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Small aircraft taxiing to parking told to park anywhere in grassy area where there was a tie down. Taxiing across grassy tire hit a manhole damaging wheel.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 223405 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199210 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cgs |
| State Reference | MD |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 70 flight time total : 430 flight time type : 320 |
| ASRS Report | 223405 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | other personnel |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility |
Narrative:
Upon clearing runway, requested directions to transient parking -- reply was that newly surfaced ramp and some taxiways were closed, park anywhere in grassy area at north end of field where there was a tie-down. Proceeded to turn off taxiway onto grass to reach a hard-surface tie- down. The right outside wheel and tire struck the concrete edge of a man-hole. The tire and wheel was damaged sufficiently to require replacement. Factors: airport was not notamed reference: ramp/taxiway closures or construction. Airport personnel and manager were unaware of obstruction/hazard. Hazard was unmarked. Poorly maintained grass (even though directed there) obscured the fact that the ground was 4 inches below the concrete edge of the man-hole. 2 days after reporting this to the airport, the hazard was marked by 2 posts.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMA TAXIING TO PARKING TOLD TO PARK ANYWHERE IN GRASSY AREA WHERE THERE WAS A TIE DOWN. TAXIING ACROSS GRASSY TIRE HIT A MANHOLE DAMAGING WHEEL.
Narrative: UPON CLRING RWY, REQUESTED DIRECTIONS TO TRANSIENT PARKING -- REPLY WAS THAT NEWLY SURFACED RAMP AND SOME TAXIWAYS WERE CLOSED, PARK ANYWHERE IN GRASSY AREA AT N END OF FIELD WHERE THERE WAS A TIE-DOWN. PROCEEDED TO TURN OFF TAXIWAY ONTO GRASS TO REACH A HARD-SURFACE TIE- DOWN. THE R OUTSIDE WHEEL AND TIRE STRUCK THE CONCRETE EDGE OF A MAN-HOLE. THE TIRE AND WHEEL WAS DAMAGED SUFFICIENTLY TO REQUIRE REPLACEMENT. FACTORS: ARPT WAS NOT NOTAMED REF: RAMP/TAXIWAY CLOSURES OR CONSTRUCTION. ARPT PERSONNEL AND MGR WERE UNAWARE OF OBSTRUCTION/HAZARD. HAZARD WAS UNMARKED. POORLY MAINTAINED GRASS (EVEN THOUGH DIRECTED THERE) OBSCURED THE FACT THAT THE GND WAS 4 INCHES BELOW THE CONCRETE EDGE OF THE MAN-HOLE. 2 DAYS AFTER RPTING THIS TO THE ARPT, THE HAZARD WAS MARKED BY 2 POSTS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.