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Attributes | |
ACN | 1583910 |
Time | |
Date | 201810 |
Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
State Reference | US |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | Takeoff |
Route In Use | None |
Flight Plan | None |
Aircraft 2 | |
Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | Landing |
Person 1 | |
Qualification | Flight Crew Student |
Experience | Air Traffic Control Military 5 Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 20 Flight Crew Type 20 |
Person 2 | |
Function | Instructor Pilot Not Flying |
Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
Events | |
Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Ground Event / Encounter Object Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Excursion Runway |
Narrative:
I started a lesson with a flight instructor with the intention of my first solo flight. We did some pattern work together with several trips in the pattern before I departed from the instructor waiting area for my 3 solo takeoffs and landings. After the first lap in the pattern I taxied clear of the runway and back to the departure end of runway. I was waiting initially behind the hold short line at the approach end of runway because of an aircraft on short final. After the aircraft completed its touch-and-go; I made the appropriate call and began crossing the hold short line onto runway. Immediately after taxiing onto runway; 2 aircraft on a downwind in the pattern called a go-around due to my aircraft being on runway; I immediately made the decision to taxi off the runway before lining up with center line or beginning a take-off roll. Even as I began taxiing looking for a left turn out; aircraft overhead were over-flying me and calling go-around. I made the radio call of my intentions to exit the runway shortly after I began a left turn to [exit the runway]. My taxi speed seemed to be a normal taxi speed; airspeed indicator was not alive and my left rudder pressure was constant however; it felt like my left wheel was skidding once 90 degrees from runway centerline; causing a more dramatic loop and loss of control. About 2 seconds into the left turn the aircraft turned sharply to the left 90 degrees; going off the runway and pivoting left again once on the dirt into a taxiway sign before coming to a complete stop. I shut off the engine immediately and notified over CTAF frequency of the current situation. I then shut off all electrical systems.I believe the cause of the entire situation was a lack of understanding of uncontrolled airports under high volume of aircraft operations. I also think I was over-saturated with tasks thinking about too many external factors leading to not judging the turn properly.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight instructor and student pilot reported a loss of control and runway excursion when the solo pilot attempted to taxi clear of the runway.
Narrative: I started a lesson with a flight instructor with the intention of my first solo flight. We did some pattern work together with several trips in the pattern before I departed from the Instructor waiting area for my 3 solo takeoffs and landings. After the first lap in the pattern I taxied clear of the runway and back to the departure end of runway. I was waiting initially behind the hold short line at the approach end of Runway because of an aircraft on short final. After the aircraft completed its touch-and-go; I made the appropriate call and began crossing the hold short line onto runway. Immediately after taxiing onto runway; 2 aircraft on a downwind in the pattern called a go-around due to my aircraft being on runway; I immediately made the decision to taxi off the runway before lining up with center line or beginning a take-off roll. Even as I began taxiing looking for a left turn out; aircraft overhead were over-flying me and calling go-around. I made the radio call of my intentions to exit the runway shortly after I began a left turn to [exit the runway]. My taxi speed seemed to be a normal taxi speed; airspeed indicator was not alive and my left rudder pressure was constant however; it felt like my left wheel was skidding once 90 degrees from runway centerline; causing a more dramatic loop and loss of control. About 2 seconds into the left turn the aircraft turned sharply to the left 90 degrees; going off the runway and pivoting left again once on the dirt into a taxiway sign before coming to a complete stop. I shut off the engine immediately and notified over CTAF frequency of the current situation. I then shut off all electrical systems.I believe the cause of the entire situation was a lack of understanding of uncontrolled airports under high volume of aircraft operations. I also think I was over-saturated with tasks thinking about too many external factors leading to not judging the turn properly.
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.