Pilot of PA18-150 taxiing on dual use roadway taxiway has wingtip hit stop sign. Minor damage.

Attributes
ACN	406793
Time
Date	199806
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : z41
State Reference	AK
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zob
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	PA-18/19 Super Cub
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 : instrument pilot : private pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 1400 flight time type : 75
ASRS Report	406793
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground less severe
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	faa : investigated other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

While taxiing the aircraft for purposes of reposition/refuel the right wingtip struck a road sign located on the shoulder of a combination taxiway/roadway at lake hood. Contributing factors were a change in roadway/taxiway design. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter states that the problem in this incident is that the aircraft was kept at lake hood for 25 yrs and the txwys were used by both vehicles and aircraft during that time. The aircraft has been kept at a different airport for 5 yrs and the roadway/taxiway changes were made 2 yrs ago. Reporter landed and taxied as he had in the past. Every sign in the area is 3 ft high except for 2 signs which indicated stop -- aircraft crossing. These signs are 8-10 ft high. Aircraft wingtip hit one of these signs. Reporter was informed that the taxiway changes were made because people were frequently driving into aircraft with moving propellers on the dual use roads/txwys.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT OF PA18-150 TAXIING ON DUAL USE ROADWAY TXWY HAS WINGTIP HIT STOP SIGN. MINOR DAMAGE.

Narrative: WHILE TAXIING THE ACFT FOR PURPOSES OF REPOSITION/REFUEL THE R WINGTIP STRUCK A ROAD SIGN LOCATED ON THE SHOULDER OF A COMBINATION TXWY/ROADWAY AT LAKE HOOD. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE A CHANGE IN ROADWAY/TXWY DESIGN. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THAT THE PROB IN THIS INCIDENT IS THAT THE ACFT WAS KEPT AT LAKE HOOD FOR 25 YRS AND THE TXWYS WERE USED BY BOTH VEHICLES AND ACFT DURING THAT TIME. THE ACFT HAS BEEN KEPT AT A DIFFERENT ARPT FOR 5 YRS AND THE ROADWAY/TXWY CHANGES WERE MADE 2 YRS AGO. RPTR LANDED AND TAXIED AS HE HAD IN THE PAST. EVERY SIGN IN THE AREA IS 3 FT HIGH EXCEPT FOR 2 SIGNS WHICH INDICATED STOP -- ACFT XING. THESE SIGNS ARE 8-10 FT HIGH. ACFT WINGTIP HIT ONE OF THESE SIGNS. RPTR WAS INFORMED THAT THE TXWY CHANGES WERE MADE BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE FREQUENTLY DRIVING INTO ACFT WITH MOVING PROPS ON THE DUAL USE ROADS/TXWYS.

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.