Aircraft performing touch and go's has runway excursion. Aircraft damaged.

Attributes
ACN	247348
Time
Date	199307
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : 55j
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff landing other other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : student
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 15 flight time total : 20 flight time type : 20
ASRS Report	247348
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

After touchdown on a touch-and-go, I advanced throttle to full power for takeoff, having forgotten to retract the flaps. Being unused to this confign, I became confused and distracted while trying to determine the problem. By the time that I realized my mistake, I had allowed the aircraft to veer off the left side of the runway. At this time, I retracted flaps and closed the throttle. The aircraft rolled over a shallow ditch while stopping, knocking the nosewheel back and striking the propeller on the ground. The basic causes of this accident (besides the initial mistake of not retracting flaps) were: rushing -- a few extra seconds of thought about touch-and-go procedure and I would not have forgotten the flaps. Poor division of attention -- I allowed myself to become distracted away from the main task of controling flight path (ground path) of the airplane. Ineffective initial response -- while still on the ground, the safest initial response to an unusual situation would be to reduce power and stop the airplane.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO'S HAS RWY EXCURSION. ACFT DAMAGED.

Narrative: AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON A TOUCH-AND-GO, I ADVANCED THROTTLE TO FULL PWR FOR TKOF, HAVING FORGOTTEN TO RETRACT THE FLAPS. BEING UNUSED TO THIS CONFIGN, I BECAME CONFUSED AND DISTRACTED WHILE TRYING TO DETERMINE THE PROB. BY THE TIME THAT I REALIZED MY MISTAKE, I HAD ALLOWED THE ACFT TO VEER OFF THE L SIDE OF THE RWY. AT THIS TIME, I RETRACTED FLAPS AND CLOSED THE THROTTLE. THE ACFT ROLLED OVER A SHALLOW DITCH WHILE STOPPING, KNOCKING THE NOSEWHEEL BACK AND STRIKING THE PROP ON THE GND. THE BASIC CAUSES OF THIS ACCIDENT (BESIDES THE INITIAL MISTAKE OF NOT RETRACTING FLAPS) WERE: RUSHING -- A FEW EXTRA SECONDS OF THOUGHT ABOUT TOUCH-AND-GO PROC AND I WOULD NOT HAVE FORGOTTEN THE FLAPS. POOR DIVISION OF ATTN -- I ALLOWED MYSELF TO BECOME DISTRACTED AWAY FROM THE MAIN TASK OF CTLING FLT PATH (GND PATH) OF THE AIRPLANE. INEFFECTIVE INITIAL RESPONSE -- WHILE STILL ON THE GND, THE SAFEST INITIAL RESPONSE TO AN UNUSUAL SIT WOULD BE TO REDUCE PWR AND STOP THE AIRPLANE.

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.