<< >> NASA ASRS Report 348724, September 1996

PA12-150 aircraft. Reporter, practicing taxiing was taxiing too fast on wet grass, was distracted and when applying brakes was unable to avoid a trench and damaged the propeller.

Attributes
ACN	348724
Time
Date	199609
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : ny32 airport : zny
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	Piper Single Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 90 flight time total : 11800 flight time type : 75
ASRS Report	348724
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

While doing some taxi practice at hitchock field in maplecrest, ny, with my PA12-150 piper cub cruiser, I was taxiing a little faster than I should have on wet grass, I was distracted and applied brakes. Piper cub brakes are notoriously poor at best and I was unable to avoid a trench and put the cub on its nose bending 1 propeller blade. The damage was minimal and there was no other damage or injury. I was not injured. The ELT was activated and the civil air patrol investigated and deactivated it. Civil air patrol lt X was the officer notified. The ground taxi occurrence was reported to FAA inspector of albany fisdo on sep/xx/96, at XX00 hours local time.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PA12-150 ACFT. RPTR, PRACTICING TAXIING WAS TAXIING TOO FAST ON WET GRASS, WAS DISTRACTED AND WHEN APPLYING BRAKES WAS UNABLE TO AVOID A TRENCH AND DAMAGED THE PROP.

Narrative: WHILE DOING SOME TAXI PRACTICE AT HITCHOCK FIELD IN MAPLECREST, NY, WITH MY PA12-150 PIPER CUB CRUISER, I WAS TAXIING A LITTLE FASTER THAN I SHOULD HAVE ON WET GRASS, I WAS DISTRACTED AND APPLIED BRAKES. PIPER CUB BRAKES ARE NOTORIOUSLY POOR AT BEST AND I WAS UNABLE TO AVOID A TRENCH AND PUT THE CUB ON ITS NOSE BENDING 1 PROP BLADE. THE DAMAGE WAS MINIMAL AND THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE OR INJURY. I WAS NOT INJURED. THE ELT WAS ACTIVATED AND THE CIVIL AIR PATROL INVESTIGATED AND DEACTIVATED IT. CIVIL AIR PATROL LT X WAS THE OFFICER NOTIFIED. THE GND TAXI OCCURRENCE WAS RPTED TO FAA INSPECTOR OF ALBANY FISDO ON SEP/XX/96, AT XX00 HRS LCL TIME.

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.