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Experimental, home built, tailwheel pilot landed at an airport with over 50% of the runway closed, giving him about 2000 ft of runway to stop. He braked too hard in order to make the taxiway, the tail came up, and he had a propeller strike.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 596991 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200310 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cjr.airport |
| State Reference | VA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Experimental |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 45 flight time total : 520 flight time type : 350 |
| ASRS Report | 596991 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | aircraft : evacuated |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airport Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Upon landing rollout runway 4, turn to taxiway, braking action and gust of wind picked up tail of my aircraft, causing propeller strike. Contributing factors were busy airport environment and closure of over 50% of runway. Took action to shut down engine, turn off fuel and exit aircraft. Aircraft cleared from active taxiway within 5 mins. I had sufficient runway to continue my rollout, so attempting to turn off runway early to allow others to use runway, was a poor decision on my part.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: EXPERIMENTAL, HOME BUILT, TAILWHEEL PLT LANDED AT AN ARPT WITH OVER 50% OF THE RWY CLOSED, GIVING HIM ABOUT 2000 FT OF RWY TO STOP. HE BRAKED TOO HARD IN ORDER TO MAKE THE TXWY, THE TAIL CAME UP, AND HE HAD A PROP STRIKE.
Narrative: UPON LNDG ROLLOUT RWY 4, TURN TO TXWY, BRAKING ACTION AND GUST OF WIND PICKED UP TAIL OF MY ACFT, CAUSING PROP STRIKE. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE BUSY ARPT ENVIRONMENT AND CLOSURE OF OVER 50% OF RWY. TOOK ACTION TO SHUT DOWN ENG, TURN OFF FUEL AND EXIT ACFT. ACFT CLRED FROM ACTIVE TXWY WITHIN 5 MINS. I HAD SUFFICIENT RWY TO CONTINUE MY ROLLOUT, SO ATTEMPTING TO TURN OFF RWY EARLY TO ALLOW OTHERS TO USE RWY, WAS A POOR DECISION ON MY PART.
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.