Small aircraft pilot reported that during taxi he ran into a ditch at avl.

Attributes
ACN	1433668
Time
Date	201703
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	AVL.Airport
State Reference	NC
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Retractable Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Taxi
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 8 Flight Crew Total 1800 Flight Crew Type 250
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Ground Excursion Taxiway

Narrative:

Ran into poorly marked drainage ditch following yellow taxi line and avoiding other aircraft. Unable to see ditch under the nose. Aircraft extracted with tug with no structural or control surface damage; only loss of an inoperative ADF antenna and bending of the tail tiedown. No prop strike. No injuries; pilot alone in the aircraft. Pilot's attention diverted by other aircraft. Incident avoidable by closer pilot attention but would also recommend a barrier or better marking system for a drainage ditch at the end of an apron and removal of the yellow taxi line (second aircraft in last 4-5 years to fall into the ditch).

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Small aircraft pilot reported that during taxi he ran into a ditch at AVL.

Narrative: Ran into poorly marked drainage ditch following yellow taxi line and avoiding other aircraft. Unable to see ditch under the nose. Aircraft extracted with tug with no structural or control surface damage; only loss of an inoperative ADF antenna and bending of the tail tiedown. No prop strike. No injuries; pilot alone in the aircraft. Pilot's attention diverted by other aircraft. Incident avoidable by closer pilot attention but would also recommend a barrier or better marking system for a drainage ditch at the end of an apron and removal of the yellow taxi line (second aircraft in last 4-5 years to fall into the ditch).

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.