<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1295857, September 2015

The pilot of a tail wheeled aircraft lost control on landing due to gusty winds; resulting in a runway excursion. The aircraft may have struck a taxiway light; however no damage to aircraft was identified.

Attributes
ACN	1295857
Time
Date	201509
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	RV-8
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 35 Flight Crew Total 250 Flight Crew Type 100
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Event / Encounter Object Ground Excursion Runway

Narrative:

Ground looped aircraft on roll out. The wind was 17 gusting to 24 out of 210. I selected runway 24. On roll out; as speed decreased and the rudder became less effective; a gust weathervaned the aircraft. I'd applied full right rudder but there wasn't enough. As the airplane veered off the runway I applied both brakes to slow down. As aircraft departed the runway into the grass the tail swung around 180 degrees.there was a taxiway light broken that I assume I struck; but there was no impact mark on the aircraft. Examination of the aircraft indicated no damage. Subsequent 8 hours of flying time showed no abnormalities.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: The pilot of a tail wheeled aircraft lost control on landing due to gusty winds; resulting in a runway excursion. The aircraft may have struck a taxiway light; however no damage to aircraft was identified.

Narrative: Ground looped aircraft on roll out. The wind was 17 gusting to 24 out of 210. I selected Runway 24. On roll out; as speed decreased and the rudder became less effective; a gust weathervaned the aircraft. I'd applied full right rudder but there wasn't enough. As the airplane veered off the runway I applied both brakes to slow down. As aircraft departed the runway into the grass the tail swung around 180 degrees.There was a taxiway light broken that I assume I struck; but there was no impact mark on the aircraft. Examination of the aircraft indicated no damage. Subsequent 8 hours of flying time showed no abnormalities.

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.