Light twin pilot reports people walking their dogs along the edge of the runway at 0f3 during his la...

Attributes
ACN	879114
Time
Date	201003
Place
Locale Reference	0F3.Airport
State Reference	IA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cessna 340/340A
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 90 Flight Crew Total 2000 Flight Crew Type 100
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Person / Animal / Bird Ground Incursion Runway
Miss Distance	Horizontal 10

Narrative:

When landing on runway 34 at 0f3; spirit lake; ia; I was in my flare and touchdown phase of my landing; when I noticed a woman on the right side of the runway walking her 2 dogs. She was off the runway between the edge of the runway and a snow drift. The dogs were over the snow drift in the open area; I did not see the dogs. When I did see her; it was too late to do a go around. I maneuvered the aircraft a little to the left just to give me a little more separation; although if I did stay on the center line I would have still missed her. I was able to talk to her after the near miss. I was able to talk to an airport board member about it as well. No more than an hour later another woman came out to walk her dog too. I told her about the near miss earlier; it did not seem to phase her. She said they have been doing it for years; and her dog needed to run.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Light twin pilot reports people walking their dogs along the edge of the runway at 0F3 during his landing. The individual involved indicates that this appears to be a common practice at 0F3.

Narrative: When landing on Runway 34 at 0F3; Spirit Lake; IA; I was in my flare and touchdown phase of my landing; when I noticed a woman on the right side of the runway walking her 2 dogs. She was off the runway between the edge of the runway and a snow drift. The dogs were over the snow drift in the open area; I did not see the dogs. When I did see her; it was too late to do a go around. I maneuvered the aircraft a little to the left just to give me a little more separation; although if I did stay on the center line I would have still missed her. I was able to talk to her after the near miss. I was able to talk to an airport board member about it as well. No more than an hour later another woman came out to walk her dog too. I told her about the near miss earlier; it did not seem to phase her. She said they have been doing it for years; and her dog needed to run.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Light twin pilot reports people walking their dogs along the edge of the runway at 0f3 during his landing. The individual involved indicates that this appears to be a common practice at 0f3.