<< >> NASA ASRS Report 90194, June 1988

GA small aircraft makes off airport landing on country road and veers into ditch causing damage to wing tips and landing gear.

Attributes
ACN	90194
Time
Date	198806
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : 9ak3
State Reference	AK
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 100 flight time type : 75
ASRS Report	90194
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other anomaly other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	faa : investigated other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

My aircraft slid off the shoulder of the landing area while getting too close to the soft shoulder after landing. Damage occurred to both left and right wing tips and the right landing gear. No injuries occurred. The landing area should be marked to warn of soft shoulders. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following: aircraft was being landed off airport on a hardtop country road and when aircraft drifted off hardtop soft shoulder caused aircraft to veer into ditch causing minor damage to both wing tips as they contacted higher ground on each side of aircraft. FAA has classified as incident with no further action.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GA SMA MAKES OFF ARPT LNDG ON COUNTRY ROAD AND VEERS INTO DITCH CAUSING DAMAGE TO WING TIPS AND LNDG GEAR.

Narrative: MY ACFT SLID OFF THE SHOULDER OF THE LNDG AREA WHILE GETTING TOO CLOSE TO THE SOFT SHOULDER AFTER LNDG. DAMAGE OCCURRED TO BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT WING TIPS AND THE RIGHT LNDG GEAR. NO INJURIES OCCURRED. THE LNDG AREA SHOULD BE MARKED TO WARN OF SOFT SHOULDERS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: ACFT WAS BEING LANDED OFF ARPT ON A HARDTOP COUNTRY ROAD AND WHEN ACFT DRIFTED OFF HARDTOP SOFT SHOULDER CAUSED ACFT TO VEER INTO DITCH CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH WING TIPS AS THEY CONTACTED HIGHER GND ON EACH SIDE OF ACFT. FAA HAS CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT WITH NO FURTHER ACTION.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.