Small aircraft pilot reports a ground loop during an attempted takeoff; causing damage to the wing t...

Attributes
ACN	1247331
Time
Date	201503
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	PSP.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 3500 Flight Crew Type 500
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

My aircraft was operating from psp on a passenger flight under far part 91 [section] 147. A commercial multi engine certificate holder with a current class 2 medical was at the controls. At the beginning of the takeoff roll a gust of wind (strong) hit the aircraft from the right side and caused the left wingtip to hit the runway (31R) at psp. The ground loop damaged the left wing tip and aileron (lower wing). Winds were variable about 10 knots from the north west to north with gust higher. There were no injuries to occupants of the aircraft; there is no wind sock at the arrival end of runway 31R which is located at taxiway bravo; thus as one begins the takeoff roll there is no immediate source of wind information visible to the pilot. Such a source of wind information would be helpful because at psp the winds can vary considerable depending on one's location on the airport.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Small aircraft pilot reports a ground loop during an attempted takeoff; causing damage to the wing tip and aileron. Gusty crosswinds and no available wind sock were cited as contributing factors.

Narrative: My aircraft was operating from PSP on a passenger flight under FAR Part 91 [section] 147. A commercial multi engine certificate holder with a current class 2 medical was at the controls. At the beginning of the takeoff roll a gust of wind (strong) hit the aircraft from the right side and caused the left wingtip to hit the Runway (31R) at PSP. The ground loop damaged the left wing tip and aileron (lower wing). Winds were variable about 10 knots from the North West to North with gust higher. There were no injuries to occupants of the aircraft; there is no wind sock at the arrival end of Runway 31R which is located at Taxiway Bravo; thus as one begins the takeoff roll there is no immediate source of wind information visible to the pilot. Such a source of wind information would be helpful because at PSP the winds can vary considerable depending on one's location on the airport.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.