davemader(at)bresnan.net
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 Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 6:01 am Post subject: slight mishap at Oshkosh |
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After 20 some years of attending Oshkosh and flying into there 6 times I finally had a minor incident while landing. On Thurs. morning they were landing aircraft on runway 18. After touchdown in my RV6, the tower instructed me to exit the runway onto the grass immediately. This is common practice and as I turned off the runway to the right I heard a disheartening crunch. As there were 4 airplanes on final right behind me, and the airplane seemed to taxi o.k., I kept going. After a long taxi to the tie-down area I got out and looked and sure enough, my right wheel pant was pretty much destroyed. As I suspected, I had hit a runway light. No ones fault but my own, but it is very difficult to see anything directly off to the right in a taildragger 6. We ended up taking the pants off and made it home no problem. Just a heads up out there for anyone to keep in mind if they happen to be in that situation. It is just not an ordinary circumstance to “depart runway and taxi onto the grass”. It is a situation you hardly ever duplicate at your home airport. As an aside, I flew into Osh. 3 years ago with a Vari-Eze that had never attended before. He was given the same instructions and completely destroyed his nose gear. Didn’t hit anything, but the ground was just too rough. Finally got home after 2 days of repair. Keep in mind there are objects along the side of the runway and the ground there can be very hard on your gear.
Dave Mader
RV-6
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