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Pilot of a pietenpol, gn-1, amateur built, ran over an airport marker during taxi to parking after landing. Pilot's forward vision restr due to tailwheel type aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 382489 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199710 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : 58j |
| State Reference | SC |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Amateur (Home) Built |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 44 flight time total : 3485 flight time type : 3 |
| ASRS Report | 382489 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
I ran into a runway marker while taxiing to parking. The marker was in an inappropriate place at the exit from a grass runway to a parking area. I was making 'south' turns in a tailwheel aircraft which I thought were adequate. Obviously they were not.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF A PIETENPOL, GN-1, AMATEUR BUILT, RAN OVER AN ARPT MARKER DURING TAXI TO PARKING AFTER LNDG. PLT'S FORWARD VISION RESTR DUE TO TAILWHEEL TYPE ACFT.
Narrative: I RAN INTO A RWY MARKER WHILE TAXIING TO PARKING. THE MARKER WAS IN AN INAPPROPRIATE PLACE AT THE EXIT FROM A GRASS RWY TO A PARKING AREA. I WAS MAKING 'S' TURNS IN A TAILWHEEL ACFT WHICH I THOUGHT WERE ADEQUATE. OBVIOUSLY THEY WERE NOT.
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.