<< >> NASA ASRS Report 280544, August 1994

Pilot of small bi-plane struck ridge on private grass strip on rollout and nosed over damaging the propeller, engine cowling and rudder.

Attributes
ACN	280544
Time
Date	199408
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : hto
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 4995 flight time type : 8
ASRS Report	280544
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other anomaly other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

At end of landing rollout just prior to taxiing, aircraft struck a ridge on the grass runway and nosed over striking propeller and damaging cowl and part of the rudder post. Problem caused by bump on the runway and insufficient airflow over the elevator to keep the tailwheel down. Better preflight knowledge of runway condition may have prevented the occurrence.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT OF SMALL BI-PLANE STRUCK RIDGE ON PVT GRASS STRIP ON ROLLOUT AND NOSED OVER DAMAGING THE PROP, ENG COWLING AND RUDDER.

Narrative: AT END OF LNDG ROLLOUT JUST PRIOR TO TAXIING, ACFT STRUCK A RIDGE ON THE GRASS RWY AND NOSED OVER STRIKING PROP AND DAMAGING COWL AND PART OF THE RUDDER POST. PROB CAUSED BY BUMP ON THE RWY AND INSUFFICIENT AIRFLOW OVER THE ELEVATOR TO KEEP THE TAILWHEEL DOWN. BETTER PREFLT KNOWLEDGE OF RWY CONDITION MAY HAVE PREVENTED THE OCCURRENCE.

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.