Narrative:

My instructor and I departed from butler farm show airport in a club owned C-172 for an instrument practice flight. When we departed at XA30, winds were light and variable from the south. Both of us had gotten a WX briefing which indicated frontal activity would be moving into the area later in the afternoon. We did some instrument work in the area surrounding the airport, then proceeded to new castle airport and made an NDB approach and landed at new castle. We noted that the wind had picked up and was now coming from a westerly heading. We decided to terminate the instrument session and return to butler farm show airport because of the increasing wind. Upon arriving at butler farm show, I commented to my instructor that I felt the crosswind was beyond my capability and asked him to assist in making the landing. At that point, he took the controls and made the landing form the right seat. As we were about to touch down on the runway, a large piece of cardboard was blown by the wind onto the center of the runway. My instructor elected to let the aircraft drift to the right to the grassy area running alongside the runway to avoid the material that had blown onto the runway. As the aircraft proceeded down the grassy area of the runway, we crossed a ditch that had been recently dug and filled in. There were 2 stakes, one on each end of the ditch, with yellow, plastic material tied to the stakes. The aircraft was brought to a stop with no incident, although we may have hit one of the stakes, and returned to the hangar where we cleared the mud from the ditch off of the plane. I feel that the placement of the stakes so near an active runway could have created a serious safety problem. I felt my instructor did a good job avoiding the debris on the runway and controling the aircraft on rollout.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DEBRIS ON RWY, EXITED INTO GRASS TO AVOID.

Narrative: MY INSTRUCTOR AND I DEPARTED FROM BUTLER FARM SHOW ARPT IN A CLUB OWNED C-172 FOR AN INST PRACTICE FLT. WHEN WE DEPARTED AT XA30, WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE FROM THE S. BOTH OF US HAD GOTTEN A WX BRIEFING WHICH INDICATED FRONTAL ACTIVITY WOULD BE MOVING INTO THE AREA LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. WE DID SOME INST WORK IN THE AREA SURROUNDING THE ARPT, THEN PROCEEDED TO NEW CASTLE ARPT AND MADE AN NDB APCH AND LANDED AT NEW CASTLE. WE NOTED THAT THE WIND HAD PICKED UP AND WAS NOW COMING FROM A WESTERLY HDG. WE DECIDED TO TERMINATE THE INST SESSION AND RETURN TO BUTLER FARM SHOW ARPT BECAUSE OF THE INCREASING WIND. UPON ARRIVING AT BUTLER FARM SHOW, I COMMENTED TO MY INSTRUCTOR THAT I FELT THE XWIND WAS BEYOND MY CAPABILITY AND ASKED HIM TO ASSIST IN MAKING THE LNDG. AT THAT POINT, HE TOOK THE CTLS AND MADE THE LNDG FORM THE R SEAT. AS WE WERE ABOUT TO TOUCH DOWN ON THE RWY, A LARGE PIECE OF CARDBOARD WAS BLOWN BY THE WIND ONTO THE CTR OF THE RWY. MY INSTRUCTOR ELECTED TO LET THE ACFT DRIFT TO THE R TO THE GRASSY AREA RUNNING ALONGSIDE THE RWY TO AVOID THE MATERIAL THAT HAD BLOWN ONTO THE RWY. AS THE ACFT PROCEEDED DOWN THE GRASSY AREA OF THE RWY, WE CROSSED A DITCH THAT HAD BEEN RECENTLY DUG AND FILLED IN. THERE WERE 2 STAKES, ONE ON EACH END OF THE DITCH, WITH YELLOW, PLASTIC MATERIAL TIED TO THE STAKES. THE ACFT WAS BROUGHT TO A STOP WITH NO INCIDENT, ALTHOUGH WE MAY HAVE HIT ONE OF THE STAKES, AND RETURNED TO THE HANGAR WHERE WE CLRED THE MUD FROM THE DITCH OFF OF THE PLANE. I FEEL THAT THE PLACEMENT OF THE STAKES SO NEAR AN ACTIVE RWY COULD HAVE CREATED A SERIOUS SAFETY PROB. I FELT MY INSTRUCTOR DID A GOOD JOB AVOIDING THE DEBRIS ON THE RWY AND CTLING THE ACFT ON ROLLOUT.

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.