FLC PHONES TO CHK RWY SURFACES; GETS OK; BUT SINKS INTO SOD ON LNDG. TAXIS ONTO ASPHALT; BREAKS THROUGH SURFACE.
Synopsis
FLC PHONES TO CHK RWY SURFACES; GETS OK; BUT SINKS INTO SOD ON LNDG. TAXIS ONTO ASPHALT; BREAKS THROUGH SURFACE.
Narrative
A TELEPHONE CALL WAS MADE TO THE ARPT; TO DETERMINE THE CONDITION OF THE RWY PRIOR TO DEP; BOTH THE GRASS AND THE ASPHALT. THE GRASS WAS RPTED AS DRY AND THE RWY HARD. UPON LNDG; THE ACFT SANK SLIGHTLY INTO THE SOD. TKOF WAS THEN PLANNED FOR THE ASPHALT; BUT THE ACFT BROKE THROUGH THE SURFACE; DAMAGING THE RWY; BUT NOT THE ACFT. THIS ARPT WILL NOT BE USED AGAIN BY THIS COPLT IN AN ACFT THIS HVY. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO. THEY SPOKE TO ARPT MGR AND PAID TO HAVE THE HOLES FILLED. EVERYTHING IS FINE. MGR APPARENTLY NOT USED TO HAVING SUCH LARGE ACFT COME INTO HIS ARPT SO HIS INFO ON PHONE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THIS PLANE. THE BREAKTHROUGH OCCURRED AS THEY COMPLETED TAXI BACK AND WERE MAKING A TIGHT TURN TO TKOF. THERE HAD BEEN A LOT OF RAIN A FEW DAYS BEFORE AND THE SURFACE DID NOT DRY OUT. THE ASPHALT IS A THIN LAYER JUST LAID OVER THE DIRT SURFACE; WITH NO SUBBASE. THE OWNER OF ACFT HAD TAKEN AN ACFT INTO THIS FIELD AT ONE TIME. WILL NO LONGER TAKE ANY HVY ACFT TO THIS ARPT.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.