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A small high wing aircraft on landing rollout at a high rate of speed turned off the runway onto a taxiway and incurred a taxiway excursion.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 480471 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200007 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ftg.airport |
| State Reference | CO |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| 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 : 84 flight time total : 273 flight time type : 273 |
| ASRS Report | 480471 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical excursion : taxiway non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft Airport |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
My girlfriend is taking lessons for her pilot's certificate. She and I were to fly the next day together. I asked my CFI if there was any rule against me flying in the right seat and she in the left. He said he didn't think there was any specific rule against flying in the right seat. He did recommend that I take a practice flight in the right seat before I went up with her just to make sure I didn't have a problem with my orientation in the right seat. I flew to front range airport in the left seat, landed, put gas in the plane, and then took off in the right seat. I flew around in a practice area for a while getting familiar with flying in the right seat. It was difficult to see the turn coordinator and the airspeed indicator from the right seat. I then entered the pattern to land at front range on runway 8. Winds were 050 degrees at 11 KTS. Sitting in the right seat felt strange. I didn't have any problem on the approach. However, after I set the wheels down on the runway, I could not keep the plane from drifting to the right. I turned onto the right taxiway (approximately taxiway A6) at a high rate of speed and was unable to keep the plane on the taxiway. The plane went into the grass along the taxiway and came to a stop on taxiway a after going through the grass. There was no damage to plane.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A SMALL HIGH WING ACFT ON LNDG ROLLOUT AT A HIGH RATE OF SPD TURNED OFF THE RWY ONTO A TXWY AND INCURRED A TXWY EXCURSION.
Narrative: MY GIRLFRIEND IS TAKING LESSONS FOR HER PLT'S CERTIFICATE. SHE AND I WERE TO FLY THE NEXT DAY TOGETHER. I ASKED MY CFI IF THERE WAS ANY RULE AGAINST ME FLYING IN THE R SEAT AND SHE IN THE L. HE SAID HE DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS ANY SPECIFIC RULE AGAINST FLYING IN THE R SEAT. HE DID RECOMMEND THAT I TAKE A PRACTICE FLT IN THE R SEAT BEFORE I WENT UP WITH HER JUST TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T HAVE A PROB WITH MY ORIENTATION IN THE R SEAT. I FLEW TO FRONT RANGE ARPT IN THE L SEAT, LANDED, PUT GAS IN THE PLANE, AND THEN TOOK OFF IN THE R SEAT. I FLEW AROUND IN A PRACTICE AREA FOR A WHILE GETTING FAMILIAR WITH FLYING IN THE R SEAT. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO SEE THE TURN COORDINATOR AND THE AIRSPD INDICATOR FROM THE R SEAT. I THEN ENTERED THE PATTERN TO LAND AT FRONT RANGE ON RWY 8. WINDS WERE 050 DEGS AT 11 KTS. SITTING IN THE R SEAT FELT STRANGE. I DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROB ON THE APCH. HOWEVER, AFTER I SET THE WHEELS DOWN ON THE RWY, I COULD NOT KEEP THE PLANE FROM DRIFTING TO THE R. I TURNED ONTO THE R TXWY (APPROX TXWY A6) AT A HIGH RATE OF SPD AND WAS UNABLE TO KEEP THE PLANE ON THE TXWY. THE PLANE WENT INTO THE GRASS ALONG THE TXWY AND CAME TO A STOP ON TXWY A AFTER GOING THROUGH THE GRASS. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO PLANE.
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.