A landing aviat husky A1B wingtip hit a parked maule 7's wingtip on a back country gravel airstrip b...

Narrative:

Incident occurred at confined; one way; gravel airstrip. On landing roll out in deeply rutted confined back country airstrip; my left wingtip impacted the left wingtip of parked aircraft at low velocity. Prior to landing; a high and low reconnaissance was performed and felt suitable for landing from prior experience and that two aircraft in my party had landed with 31 inch bushwheels safely. One aircraft was parked at the end of the strip and the other aircraft 3/4 of the way down the strip off to the side in the bushes. Strip was one way with no option for go-around once committed. Impact from left wing tip to left wing tip with the parked aircraft 3/4 of the way partially obscured in the bushes occurred. No injuries were sustained and parked aircraft was unoccupied. Factors affecting the accident were the deeply rutted and pot-holed strip which provided decreased braking and control. The partially concealed other aircraft not fully cleared from the airstrip at a location 3/4 of the way down the strip. There was no option for go-around once landing commenced. I was equipped with 26 inch tires which did not provide the braking and control equal to the other aircraft with 31 inch bushwheels. With the 31 inch bushwheel gear; I would have been able to stop the aircraft in a much shorter distance with more control and able to totally avoid any conflict with the other aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A landing Aviat Husky A1B wingtip hit a parked Maule 7's wingtip on a back country gravel airstrip because of the pilot's inability to maneuver on the rutted landing lane; small bush wheels; poor braking and the Maule not completely clear of the landing area.

Narrative: Incident occurred at confined; one way; gravel airstrip. On landing roll out in deeply rutted confined back country airstrip; my left wingtip impacted the left wingtip of parked aircraft at low velocity. Prior to landing; a high and low reconnaissance was performed and felt suitable for landing from prior experience and that two aircraft in my party had landed with 31 inch Bushwheels safely. One aircraft was parked at the end of the strip and the other aircraft 3/4 of the way down the strip off to the side in the bushes. Strip was one way with no option for go-around once committed. Impact from left wing tip to left wing tip with the parked aircraft 3/4 of the way partially obscured in the bushes occurred. No injuries were sustained and parked aircraft was unoccupied. Factors affecting the accident were the deeply rutted and pot-holed strip which provided decreased braking and control. The partially concealed other aircraft not fully cleared from the airstrip at a location 3/4 of the way down the strip. There was no option for go-around once landing commenced. I was equipped with 26 inch tires which did not provide the braking and control equal to the other aircraft with 31 inch Bushwheels. With the 31 inch Bushwheel gear; I would have been able to stop the aircraft in a much shorter distance with more control and able to totally avoid any conflict with the other aircraft.

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.

Attributes
ACN	957793
Time
Date	201106
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Christen A-1 Huskey
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	M-7
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Rotorcraft
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 75 Flight Crew Total 2080 Flight Crew Type 75
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Aircraft

A landing aviat husky A1B wingtip hit a parked maule 7's wingtip on a back country gravel airstrip because of the pilot's inability to maneuver on the rutted landing lane; small bush wheels; poor braking and the maule not completely clear of the landing area.