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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 · Arlington, WA · November 4, 2016

Date: November 4, 2016 · 04:40 local
Place: Arlington, WA
Airport: Arlington Municipal
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N22LB
Reported as: Great Lakes 2T-1A-2
Reported engine: Lycoming AEIO-360 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 980 total19 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

N22LBRegistered now · Great Lakes 2T-1A-2S/N 0730 · Built 1976 Airframe modelGreat Lakes 2T-1A-2 Engine modelLycoming AEIO-360 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.

At post landing rollout, airman attempted to clear the active runway 34 in a right turn to taxi way A-2. After initiating the turn with rudder pedal, the aircraft turned approximately 130 degrees, instead of 90 degrees, and as opposite rudder stopped the turn, the aircraft continued to roll. The airman noticed that the aircraft was headed toward an airport taxiway sign, and the airman stepped on both pedal brakes to stop. That action was sufficient to shift the moment forward, causing the propeller to contact pavement and sod, and dent the propeller spinner. No other damage to the aircraft was evident.

As the FAA filed it

AT POST LANDING ROLLOUT, AIRMAN ATTEMPTED TO CLEAR THE ACTIVE RUNWAY 34 IN A RIGHT TURN TO TAXI WAY A-2. AFTER INITIATING THE TURN WITH RUDDER PEDAL, THE AIRCRAFT TURNED APPROXIMATELY 130 DEGREES, INSTEAD OF 90 DEGREES, AND AS OPPOSITE RUDDER STOPPED THE TURN, THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO ROLL. THE AIRMAN NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS HEADED TOWARD AN AIRPORT TAXIWAY SIGN, AND THE AIRMAN STEPPED ON BOTH PEDAL BRAKES TO STOP. THAT ACTION WAS SUFFICIENT TO SHIFT THE MOMENT FORWARD, CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO CONTACT PAVEMENT AND SOD, AND DENT THE PROPELLER SPINNER. NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS EVIDENT.