A rv-8 pilot's sandal got caught in the left toe brake. While he attempted to extract the sandal; he...

Attributes
ACN	897896
Time
Date	201007
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	RV-8
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 4.8 Flight Crew Total 1110.6 Flight Crew Type 88.8
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Weight And Balance Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control

Narrative:

During landing roll out; at about twice taxiing speed; my left foot sandal became stuck in the toe brake of the left rudder pedal. The aircraft is conventional gear and I became annoyed at this complication; so much so that I glanced down; which was fruitless because you cannot see your feet because of the instrument panel. Although I didn't intend to apply the right brake; I must have pushed forward with my right foot while trying to extricate my left. This action resulted in a sharp right turn. My cg was .9 inches behind the forward cg limit (a two seater tandem piloted from the front seat). The plane nosed over and the propeller struck the ground. The real problem was lost situational awareness when I became annoyed by the stuck sandal. Of course; knowing that the toe brakes have edge ridges; presumably to keep your feet from sliding off; wearing sandals with large flat soles; which could easily get stuck in the toe brakes; was just dumb. Other than damage to my prop and possible damage to the engine there was no other property damage. The event of a prop strike was recorded in both engine log and prop log.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A RV-8 Pilot's sandal got caught in the left toe brake. While he attempted to extract the sandal; he activated the right brake causing the forward CG loaded aircraft to nose over damaging the propeller and possibly the engine.

Narrative: During landing roll out; at about twice taxiing speed; my left foot sandal became stuck in the toe brake of the left rudder pedal. The aircraft is conventional gear and I became annoyed at this complication; so much so that I glanced down; which was fruitless because you cannot see your feet because of the instrument panel. Although I didn't intend to apply the right brake; I must have pushed forward with my right foot while trying to extricate my left. This action resulted in a sharp right turn. My CG was .9 inches behind the forward CG limit (a two seater tandem piloted from the front seat). The plane nosed over and the propeller struck the ground. The real problem was lost situational awareness when I became annoyed by the stuck sandal. Of course; knowing that the toe brakes have edge ridges; presumably to keep your feet from sliding off; wearing sandals with large flat soles; which could easily get stuck in the toe brakes; was just dumb. Other than damage to my prop and possible damage to the engine there was no other property damage. The event of a prop strike was recorded in both engine log and prop log.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

A rv-8 pilot's sandal got caught in the left toe brake. While he attempted to extract the sandal; he activated the right brake causing the forward cg loaded aircraft to nose over damaging the propeller and possibly the engine.