Narrative:

I was taxiing my small aircraft for takeoff at a normal or slower taxi speed. Upon reaching the turnoff onto the gravel taxiway, I was struck by an automobile on the forward right side. I was on a taxiway around lake hood which is used by both cars and aircraft. I was turning left at the time of the impact. I looked down the taxiway and road extremely well, because there is very little room to turn around if another aircraft is coming in the opposite direction. It is all uncontrolled in this area. The gentleman in the car said he was out to run his dog. There are many signs on the road/taxiway advising cars to use extreme caution and give way to aircraft. This problem could have been avoided had there been a separate road and separate taxiway, this person was obviously not following the signs and not paying attention. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following: reporter states the same tower frequency is used as anc but different controller for the strip and seaplane aircraft. Once on the ground traffic is uncontrolled. The main problem with this mutual use situation is that there are hundreds of airplanes at these 2 facilities. Everyone drives down this taxiway to get to their planes. In addition there are bicyclists, skate boarders, parents and children who walk and wait to take pictures of the aircraft or watch the geese and ducks. Add to this the tour busses and 3 hairpin turns in the road/taxiway and there is potential for disaster. The driver of the car which is reporter is alive only because he had a large car which severely damaged the aircraft and stopped with the propeller a few inches from his face. This is not the first incident of this nature. There were 3 collisions during the same week as reporter's. Reporter was afraid he had hit someone on a bicycle and afraid he had killed a child. He could not see what hit as his aircraft is conventional gear. Feels the state will do nothing until someone is killed.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA IS HIT BY CAR ON TAXIWAY THAT HAS JOINT USE.

Narrative: I WAS TAXIING MY SMA FOR TKOF AT A NORMAL OR SLOWER TAXI SPD. UPON REACHING THE TURNOFF ONTO THE GRAVEL TAXIWAY, I WAS STRUCK BY AN AUTOMOBILE ON THE FORWARD R SIDE. I WAS ON A TAXIWAY AROUND LAKE HOOD WHICH IS USED BY BOTH CARS AND ACFT. I WAS TURNING L AT THE TIME OF THE IMPACT. I LOOKED DOWN THE TAXIWAY AND ROAD EXTREMELY WELL, BECAUSE THERE IS VERY LITTLE ROOM TO TURN AROUND IF ANOTHER ACFT IS COMING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. IT IS ALL UNCTLED IN THIS AREA. THE GENTLEMAN IN THE CAR SAID HE WAS OUT TO RUN HIS DOG. THERE ARE MANY SIGNS ON THE ROAD/TXWY ADVISING CARS TO USE EXTREME CAUTION AND GIVE WAY TO ACFT. THIS PROBLEM COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED HAD THERE BEEN A SEPARATE ROAD AND SEPARATE TAXIWAY, THIS PERSON WAS OBVIOUSLY NOT FOLLOWING THE SIGNS AND NOT PAYING ATTN. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH REPORTER REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: RPTR STATES THE SAME TWR FREQ IS USED AS ANC BUT DIFFERENT CTLR FOR THE STRIP AND SEAPLANE ACFT. ONCE ON THE GND TFC IS UNCTLED. THE MAIN PROBLEM WITH THIS MUTUAL USE SITUATION IS THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF AIRPLANES AT THESE 2 FACILITIES. EVERYONE DRIVES DOWN THIS TAXIWAY TO GET TO THEIR PLANES. IN ADDITION THERE ARE BICYCLISTS, SKATE BOARDERS, PARENTS AND CHILDREN WHO WALK AND WAIT TO TAKE PICTURES OF THE ACFT OR WATCH THE GEESE AND DUCKS. ADD TO THIS THE TOUR BUSSES AND 3 HAIRPIN TURNS IN THE ROAD/TAXIWAY AND THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR DISASTER. THE DRIVER OF THE CAR WHICH IS RPTR IS ALIVE ONLY BECAUSE HE HAD A LARGE CAR WHICH SEVERELY DAMAGED THE ACFT AND STOPPED WITH THE PROP A FEW INCHES FROM HIS FACE. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST INCIDENT OF THIS NATURE. THERE WERE 3 COLLISIONS DURING THE SAME WK AS RPTR'S. RPTR WAS AFRAID HE HAD HIT SOMEONE ON A BICYCLE AND AFRAID HE HAD KILLED A CHILD. HE COULD NOT SEE WHAT HIT AS HIS ACFT IS CONVENTIONAL GEAR. FEELS THE STATE WILL DO NOTHING UNTIL SOMEONE IS KILLED.

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.