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Pilot with heel brake system has propeller strike when heel slips off the brake and aircraft leaves runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 456091 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199911 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : opn.airport |
| State Reference | GA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : p50.tracon |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 41 flight time total : 560 flight time type : 115 |
| ASRS Report | 456091 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | excursion : runway ground encounters other other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
After landing, rolling out at idle, I braked to make an intersection turnoff to left. My left heel slipped off heel brake. Plane turned to the right and off runway coming to stop on dirt. The dirt was soft and aircraft stopped a bit quicker than on a hard surface and nosed over enough to catch the propeller. One blade turned through dirt, second blade stopped engine. Propeller bent, tailwheel bent at longeron when it came back down (after noseover) total damage assessment is in progress. I don't believe propeller would have been damaged if dirt surface was not softened due to rain in previous day(south).
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT WITH HEEL BRAKE SYS HAS PROP STRIKE WHEN HEEL SLIPS OFF THE BRAKE AND ACFT LEAVES RWY.
Narrative: AFTER LNDG, ROLLING OUT AT IDLE, I BRAKED TO MAKE AN INTXN TURNOFF TO L. MY L HEEL SLIPPED OFF HEEL BRAKE. PLANE TURNED TO THE R AND OFF RWY COMING TO STOP ON DIRT. THE DIRT WAS SOFT AND ACFT STOPPED A BIT QUICKER THAN ON A HARD SURFACE AND NOSED OVER ENOUGH TO CATCH THE PROP. ONE BLADE TURNED THROUGH DIRT, SECOND BLADE STOPPED ENG. PROP BENT, TAILWHEEL BENT AT LONGERON WHEN IT CAME BACK DOWN (AFTER NOSEOVER) TOTAL DAMAGE ASSESSMENT IS IN PROGRESS. I DON'T BELIEVE PROP WOULD HAVE BEEN DAMAGED IF DIRT SURFACE WAS NOT SOFTENED DUE TO RAIN IN PREVIOUS DAY(S).
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.