DA20 Undifferentiated
Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 38.6; Flight Crew Total 114.7; Flight Crew Type 97.3
Confusion; Human-Machine Interface
Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control; Ground Event / Encounter Object; Ground Excursion Taxiway
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged
Human Factors
After landing; while turning into Taxiway 'C' from the runway; the airplane was left of the taxiway centerline so I [needed] to use right rudder but panicked and accidently pressed left rudder which took me off the taxiway into a dirt area. I tried not to hit a taxiway light so; in order to stop the plane; I used the parking brake and lost all directional control. The propeller struck the runway exit sign; knocking it over and breaking aircraft's propeller.
A private pilot aboard a DA-20 lost control while exiting the runway after landing and struck a runway sign with the propeller; breaking it.