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601 zodiac departed runway after landing and struck tail of parked aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 737410 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200705 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : k34.airport |
| State Reference | KS |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : dtw.tower |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Amateur (Home) Built |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : student |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 9 flight time total : 124 flight time type : 37 |
| ASRS Report | 737410 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | excursion : runway ground encounters other other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft Environmental Factor |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
Narrative:
Landing on runway 26 gardner municipal airport; gardner; ks; runway 26. Airplane made rapid turn after landing; and hit parked airplane in tail. This could have been a brake or rudder engagement accidentally engage. Strong sun from the west. Have played this back in my mind thousands of times with no answer. The zodiac received wingtip damage and propeller nicks.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: 601 ZODIAC DEPARTED RWY AFTER LANDING AND STRUCK TAIL OF PARKED ACFT.
Narrative: LNDG ON RWY 26 GARDNER MUNICIPAL ARPT; GARDNER; KS; RWY 26. AIRPLANE MADE RAPID TURN AFTER LNDG; AND HIT PARKED AIRPLANE IN TAIL. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A BRAKE OR RUDDER ENGAGEMENT ACCIDENTALLY ENGAGE. STRONG SUN FROM THE W. HAVE PLAYED THIS BACK IN MY MIND THOUSANDS OF TIMES WITH NO ANSWER. THE ZODIAC RECEIVED WINGTIP DAMAGE AND PROP NICKS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.