Flight crew phones to check runway surfaces, gets ok, but sinks into sod on landing. Taxis onto asph...

Attributes
ACN	205024
Time
Date	199203
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : 30f
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Light Transport
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 2
ASRS Report	205024
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

A telephone call was made to the airport, to determine the condition of the runway prior to departure, both the grass and the asphalt. The grass was reported as dry and the runway hard. Upon landing, the aircraft sank slightly into the sod. Takeoff was then planned for the asphalt, but the aircraft broke through the surface, damaging the runway, but not the aircraft. This airport will not be used again by this copilot in an aircraft this heavy. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information. They spoke to airport manager and paid to have the holes filled. Everything is fine. Manager apparently not used to having such large aircraft come into his airport so his information on phone not appropriate for this plane. The breakthrough occurred as they completed taxi back and were making a tight turn to takeoff. There had been a lot of rain a few days before and the surface did not dry out. The asphalt is a thin layer just laid over the dirt surface, with no subbase. The owner of aircraft had taken an aircraft into this field at one time. Will no longer take any heavy aircraft to this airport.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC PHONES TO CHK RWY SURFACES, GETS OK, BUT SINKS INTO SOD ON LNDG. TAXIS ONTO ASPHALT, BREAKS THROUGH SURFACE.

Narrative: A TELEPHONE CALL WAS MADE TO THE ARPT, TO DETERMINE THE CONDITION OF THE RWY PRIOR TO DEP, BOTH THE GRASS AND THE ASPHALT. THE GRASS WAS RPTED AS DRY AND THE RWY HARD. UPON LNDG, THE ACFT SANK SLIGHTLY INTO THE SOD. TKOF WAS THEN PLANNED FOR THE ASPHALT, BUT THE ACFT BROKE THROUGH THE SURFACE, DAMAGING THE RWY, BUT NOT THE ACFT. THIS ARPT WILL NOT BE USED AGAIN BY THIS COPLT IN AN ACFT THIS HVY. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO. THEY SPOKE TO ARPT MGR AND PAID TO HAVE THE HOLES FILLED. EVERYTHING IS FINE. MGR APPARENTLY NOT USED TO HAVING SUCH LARGE ACFT COME INTO HIS ARPT SO HIS INFO ON PHONE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THIS PLANE. THE BREAKTHROUGH OCCURRED AS THEY COMPLETED TAXI BACK AND WERE MAKING A TIGHT TURN TO TKOF. THERE HAD BEEN A LOT OF RAIN A FEW DAYS BEFORE AND THE SURFACE DID NOT DRY OUT. THE ASPHALT IS A THIN LAYER JUST LAID OVER THE DIRT SURFACE, WITH NO SUBBASE. THE OWNER OF ACFT HAD TAKEN AN ACFT INTO THIS FIELD AT ONE TIME. WILL NO LONGER TAKE ANY HVY ACFT TO THIS ARPT.

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.

Flight crew phones to check runway surfaces, gets ok, but sinks into sod on landing. Taxis onto asphalt, breaks through surface.