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M20 pilot reports taxiing into a tie down hole on a ramp at gso; causing the nose wheel to become trapped and the propeller to contact the ground.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 977201 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201110 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | GSO.Airport |
| State Reference | NC |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | M-20 Series Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 15 Flight Crew Total 130 Flight Crew Type 130 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft |
Narrative:
While taxiing from hangar to the ramp via K1 taxiway; there are three holes in ramp area created for subsurface tie downs. I saw and avoided two; but not the third one; which had a tie down coiled inside the hole. My nose gear fell into the hole. I subsequently shut down the engine and climbed outside where I examined my nose strut and propeller. The strut looks fine; but the prop showed slight scrapes on the tip. A lineman working for the FBO helped me extract the nose gear from the hole. At first I was not sure there was even a strike at all and subsequently performed a run up and test flew the plane. I did not notice any issues with engine or prop performance. Once back on the ground I took pictures of the holes and my prop and have grounded the plane until a licensed a&P gives me the ok. I am having the FBO mro facility examine and determine if this is a 'prop strike' as defined by sb and ad and what the next step should be; whether this requires just a dressing of the prop or T&I.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: M20 pilot reports taxiing into a tie down hole on a ramp at GSO; causing the nose wheel to become trapped and the propeller to contact the ground.
Narrative: While taxiing from hangar to the ramp via K1 Taxiway; there are three holes in ramp area created for subsurface tie downs. I saw and avoided two; but not the third one; which had a tie down coiled inside the hole. My nose gear fell into the hole. I subsequently shut down the engine and climbed outside where I examined my nose strut and propeller. The strut looks fine; but the prop showed slight scrapes on the tip. A lineman working for the FBO helped me extract the nose gear from the hole. At first I was not sure there was even a strike at all and subsequently performed a run up and test flew the plane. I did not notice any issues with engine or prop performance. Once back on the ground I took pictures of the holes and my prop and have grounded the plane until a licensed A&P gives me the ok. I am having the FBO MRO facility examine and determine if this is a 'prop strike' as defined by SB and AD and what the next step should be; whether this requires just a dressing of the prop or T&I.
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.