PLT OF A SMA SEL HIT BARRICADE ON A CLOSED UNLIGHTED RWY OF UNCTLED ARPT.

Date: 1994-10 · Aircraft: Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172

Anomalies: conflict-ground-conflict|critical|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-other-unknown|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-landing-without-clearance|other-unspecified

Synopsis

PLT OF A SMA SEL HIT BARRICADE ON A CLOSED UNLIGHTED RWY OF UNCTLED ARPT.

Narrative

I HAD MY SECTIONALS; MY AFD; MY FAR-AIM; MY LOGBOOK; MY PVT PLT CERTIFICATE; AND MY MEDICAL. I PREFLTED CESSNA; A 172; AND TOOK OFF FOR STINSON AT ABOUT XA00 PM. I RPTED AS REQUESTED BY SAT DEP WHEN I HAD STINSON IN SIGHT; AND WAS NOTIFIED BY SAT THAT THE STINSON TWR WOULD BE CLOSED BY THE TIME I GOT THERE; TO LEAVE MY SAME CODE ON IN MY XPONDER; SWITCH TO STINSON CTAF UNTIL I WAS THROUGH PRACTICING THERE; AND THAT THE WINDS WERE 140 AT 6; ALTIMETER 29.92. I THOUGHT ABOUT CHKING STINSON ATIS; BUT THEN REMEMBERED IT WAS PROBABLY ONLY ON DURING THE HRS OF STINSON TWR OP. I WAS HAPPY THAT THE WIND WAS BLOWING DIRECTLY DOWN RWY 14; AS I WANTED A LITTLE XWIND FOR MY FIRST FEW LNDGS. I ENTERED A L HAND PATTERN; AND NOTIFIED ANYONE LISTENING ON 118.2 OF MY INTENTIONS TO LAND ON 14. WHILE IN THE PATTERN; I COULD SEE THAT THE LIGHTS FOR 14 WERE OFF; AND THE LIGHTS FOR RWY 9 WERE ON. HOWEVER; BY NOW I WAS ON A GOOD GS FOR RWY 14; COULD SEE THE RWY REASONABLY WELL; AND DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND LAND ON RWY 14; AND DO THE REST OF MY PRACTICE ON RWY 9. I REMEMBER NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE THE PAINTED RWY NUMBER 14 WELL. I TOUCHED DOWN LIGHTLY AND WAS PROUD OF MYSELF FOR SUCH A SOFT LNDG. I IMMEDIATELY BEGAN LIFTING MY FLAPS AND PUSHING THE CARB HEAT IN; WHEN I SUDDENLY SAW 3 BLINKING LOW BARRICADES ON THE RWY AHEAD; ONE WAS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME. MY AIRSPD WAS TOO LOW TO TAKE OFF AGAIN TO AVOID THEM. I TRIED TO SWERVE TO AVOID HITTING THE CTR ONE; BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. I WENT RIGHT OVER IT WITH THE NOSEWHEEL. NEEDLESS TO SAY; IT SHOCKED THE HECK OUT OF ME. I QUICKLY TAXIED TO THE NEAREST RAMP AND STOPPED. THE PLANE HAD SEEMED TO TAXI OK AFTER HITTING THE OBSTACLE. I CUT THE ENG; GOT MY FLASHLIGHT (IT WAS ALMOST DARK); AND GOT OUT TO SURVEY THE DAMAGE. I CHKED THE NOSEWHEEL; AND I COULD SEE A SCRAPE ON THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE; BUT IT OTHERWISE SEEMED INTACT. I LOOKED AT THE REST OF THE PLANE USING THE FLASHLIGHT; AND SAW NO DAMAGE. THE TIME WAS ABOUT XA15 PM. I DECIDED TO TAXI TO RWY 9 AND SEE IF THERE WAS ANY ABNORMAL VIBRATIONS OR ANYTHING: EVERYTHING SEEMED NORMAL. I DID A RUNUP; AND AGAIN EVERYTHING SEEMED NORMAL. I DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND DO A FEW TKOFS AND LNDGS ON RWY 9. AFTER ANNOUNCING MY INTENTIONS; THE TKOF WAS NORMAL; AND THE FLT PERFORMANCE SEEMED NORMAL. I AGAIN HAD A VERY GOOD LNDG ON RWY 9. HOWEVER; BY THIS TIME; I WAS ANXIOUS TO GET BACK TO SAT INTL AND CHK MY FAR-AIM TO SEE IF THIS WAS A RPTABLE INCIDENT. I SWITCHED BACK TO SAT APCH FREQ AND FOLLOWED THE USUAL PROCS; ENTERED A L BASE FOR RWY 12L. I AGAIN HAD A VERY SMOOTH LNDG; AND WAS FEELING RELIEVED THAT THE PLANE HAD NOT APPARENTLY BEEN DAMAGED. UPON PARKING THE PLANE; I AGAIN INSPECTED FOR DAMAGE. THIS TIME I FOUND A LARGE DENT ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE L STABILIZER. I LEFT A NOTE ON MY CLIPBOARD ADVISING OF THE PROB; AND LEFT THE CLIPBOARD WITH THE FBO DESK. ON MY WAY HOME; I THOUGHT I SHOULD PROBABLY NOTIFY XXX; OWNER OF FBO WHERE I RENTED THE PLANE.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.