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Private owned A-1B aircraft conducting a demonstration ride, incurs a propeller strike due to rear passenger resting feet on brakes during landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 511960 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200105 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pamr.airport |
| State Reference | AK |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zan.artcc |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Yankee |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 3100 flight time type : 50 |
| ASRS Report | 5119160 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure other anomaly |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : rejected takeoff other |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Passenger Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Passenger Human Performance |
Narrative:
While landing on runway 15 at merrill field, doing a demonstration ride, a wheel landing was made. After releasing the brakes and bringing the tailwheel to a near 3-POINT attitude, it was obvious that the rear seat passenger, a licensed pilot, was resting his feet on the brakes. The aircraft started to pitch forward, mixture was out and key turned off, but the tip of the propeller struck the runway. The aircraft returned to a 3-POINT condition with the engine stopped. The aircraft was pushed to adjacent parking. In my judgement, there was nothing else that could have been done to avoid this occurrence.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PVT OWNED A-1B ACFT CONDUCTING A DEMO RIDE, INCURS A PROP STRIKE DUE TO REAR PAX RESTING FEET ON BRAKES DURING LNDG.
Narrative: WHILE LNDG ON RWY 15 AT MERRILL FIELD, DOING A DEMO RIDE, A WHEEL LNDG WAS MADE. AFTER RELEASING THE BRAKES AND BRINGING THE TAILWHEEL TO A NEAR 3-POINT ATTITUDE, IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT THE REAR SEAT PAX, A LICENSED PLT, WAS RESTING HIS FEET ON THE BRAKES. THE ACFT STARTED TO PITCH FORWARD, MIXTURE WAS OUT AND KEY TURNED OFF, BUT THE TIP OF THE PROP STRUCK THE RWY. THE ACFT RETURNED TO A 3-POINT CONDITION WITH THE ENG STOPPED. THE ACFT WAS PUSHED TO ADJACENT PARKING. IN MY JUDGEMENT, THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE TO AVOID THIS OCCURRENCE.
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.