20130513008649I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-11 · Lakeland, FL · May 13, 2013

Date: May 13, 2013 · 12:44 local
Place: Lakeland, FL
Airport: Lakeland Linder Regional Airpo
Phase of flight: Taxi
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1947S
Reported as: Piper PA-11
Reported engine: Continental C85 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 542 total40 in this make and model29 in the last 90 days

N1947SRegistration cancelled Sep 6, 2013 · Piper PA-11S/N 11-1404 · Built 1947 Airframe modelPiper PA-11 Engine modelContinental C85 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

After landing cub N1947S at Lakeland Linder airport and taxiing off runway 9 onto taxiway A-3, pilot stopped the aircraft and contacted ground control. Pilot was given instructions to taxi to neel aviation via hotel and golf taxiways. Upon power-up to turn right on golf. The p-factor turned the nose to the left. Full right rudder/tailwheel steering had no effect. Pilot immediately pulled the power and went for the heel brakes, but the aircraft rolled into the taxiway sign sign and stopped - estimated speed was 3 to 4 mph. ATIS golf was in effect, with winds at 020 degrees at 8 knots.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER LANDING CUB N1947S AT LAKELAND LINDER AIRPORT AND TAXIING OFF RUNWAY 9 ONTO TAXIWAY A-3, PILOT STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT AND CONTACTED GROUND CONTROL. PILOT WAS GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS TO TAXI TO NEEL AVIATION VIA HOTEL AND GOLF TAXIWAYS. UPON POWER-UP TO TURN RIGHT ON GOLF. THE P-FACTOR TURNED THE NOSE TO THE LEFT. FULL RIGHT RUDDER/TAILWHEEL STEERING HAD NO EFFECT. PILOT IMMEDIATELY PULLED THE POWER AND WENT FOR THE HEEL BRAKES, BUT THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED INTO THE TAXIWAY SIGN SIGN AND STOPPED - ESTIMATED SPEED WAS 3 TO 4 MPH. ATIS GOLF WAS IN EFFECT, WITH WINDS AT 020 DEGREES AT 8 KNOTS.