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Pilot of small aircraft biplane encountered soft, muddy area of grass runway during landing roll. Aircraft slowed abruptly and nosed over, striking the grass runway surface with the propeller.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 579073 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200304 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | S-2 All Series |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 200 |
| ASRS Report | 579073 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ground encounters other other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : insufficient time |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Environmental Factor Airport |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
Narrative:
After landing roll to transition to taxi, the aircraft became stuck in a muddy area in the center of the turf runway. The forward motion along with the rapid deceleration caused by the soft turf and high center of gravity caused the airplane to nose over and the propeller to contact the ground.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF SMA BIPLANE ENCOUNTERED SOFT, MUDDY AREA OF GRASS RWY DURING LNDG ROLL. ACFT SLOWED ABRUPTLY AND NOSED OVER, STRIKING THE GRASS RWY SURFACE WITH THE PROP.
Narrative: AFTER LNDG ROLL TO TRANSITION TO TAXI, THE ACFT BECAME STUCK IN A MUDDY AREA IN THE CTR OF THE TURF RWY. THE FORWARD MOTION ALONG WITH THE RAPID DECELERATION CAUSED BY THE SOFT TURF AND HIGH CTR OF GRAVITY CAUSED THE AIRPLANE TO NOSE OVER AND THE PROP TO CONTACT THE GND.
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.