DURING ABORTED TKOF TO AVOID ANIMALS ON RWY; ACFT STRUCK RWY EDGE MARKER TIRE AND WAS DAMAGED.

Date: 1994-11 · Aircraft: Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer

Anomalies: other-runway-or-taxiway-excursion

Synopsis

DURING ABORTED TKOF TO AVOID ANIMALS ON RWY; ACFT STRUCK RWY EDGE MARKER TIRE AND WAS DAMAGED.

Narrative

TAXIED (C-152) ONTO THE DEP END OF RWY 31 AT XX58. WHILE DEMONSTRATING A SOFT FIELD TKOF TO MY STUDENT; 2 DEER SIZED ANIMALS RAN ONTO THE RWY ABOUT MIDFIELD. ONE OF THE ANIMALS PROCEEDED SBOUND DOWN THE RWY CTRLINE. AFTER BRAKING THE GND (THE MOMENT THE ANIMALS APPEARED) I ABORTED THE TKOF AND DEVIATED R OF THE CTRLINE TO AVOID COLLISION WITH THE APCHING ANIMAL. DUE TO THE RWY CONDITION AND THE ACFT SPD; BRAKING ACTION WAS POOR AND DIRECTIONAL CTL DIFFICULT. THE ACFT ENTERED INTO A SLIGHT HYDROPLANE DUE TO THE MOISTURE IN THE GND. I PULLED THE THROTTLE TO IDLE (AT THE MOMENT THE ANIMALS APPEARED) AND APPLIED SMOOTH AND EVEN BRAKING. TO PROTECT THE NOSEWHEEL; I APPLIED JUST ENOUGH BACK PRESSURE AS NOT TO OBSTRUCT FORWARD VISIBILITY. TIRE BORDERING THE RWY WERE NOT ALIGNED WELL. THE TIRES WERE PAINTED WHITE ON ONE SIDE; BUT SOME OF THEM THAT WERE MISALIGNED WERE BLACK SIDE UP; WHICH MADE THEM DIFFICULT TO SEE. DUE TO THE ANIMALS CAUSING A COLLISION HAZARD; POOR RWY CONDITION AND IMPROPER RWY ORGANIZATION; I STRUCK ONE OF THE TIRES DURING THE MY ABORTED TKOF AND DIVERSION. THE TIRE STRUCK AND DAMAGED THE UNDERSIDE (GEARBOX) AND R HORIZ STABILIZER.

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