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Small transport twin taildragger landing in crosswind on snow-covered runway weathervanes to the left. Left engine fails when pilot tries to correct with differential power and results in 270 degree ground loop and runway excursion.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 131541 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198912 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sbn |
| State Reference | IN |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 6000 |
| ASRS Report | 131541 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
After landing on runway 27 in small transport twin tail dragger, the wind was 210 degrees, 13 KTS left crosswind. Landing was normal, on dry runway. After tail wheel came down, the aircraft took a sharp turn to the left into the wind. My action was to depress right brake and forward on the left throttle, to keep the aircraft straight--however when I came in with the left throttle, the engine missed and there was no power. The aircraft ground looped to the left into the snow and came to a stop after a 270 degree turn. The aircraft hit a 5000' sign during the ground loop. No damage to the aircraft. The temperature at the time was 3 degrees above 0, and I think this had an effect on engines. The ground loop would not have happened if the power on left engine would have worked.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMT TWIN TAILDRAGGER LNDG IN CROSSWIND ON SNOW-COVERED RWY WEATHERVANES TO THE LEFT. LEFT ENGINE FAILS WHEN PLT TRIES TO CORRECT WITH DIFFERENTIAL POWER AND RESULTS IN 270 DEGREE GND LOOP AND RWY EXCURSION.
Narrative: AFTER LNDG ON RWY 27 IN SMT TWIN TAIL DRAGGER, THE WIND WAS 210 DEGS, 13 KTS LEFT XWIND. LNDG WAS NORMAL, ON DRY RWY. AFTER TAIL WHEEL CAME DOWN, THE ACFT TOOK A SHARP TURN TO THE LEFT INTO THE WIND. MY ACTION WAS TO DEPRESS RIGHT BRAKE AND FORWARD ON THE LEFT THROTTLE, TO KEEP THE ACFT STRAIGHT--HOWEVER WHEN I CAME IN WITH THE LEFT THROTTLE, THE ENG MISSED AND THERE WAS NO PWR. THE ACFT GND LOOPED TO THE LEFT INTO THE SNOW AND CAME TO A STOP AFTER A 270 DEG TURN. THE ACFT HIT A 5000' SIGN DURING THE GND LOOP. NO DAMAGE TO THE ACFT. THE TEMP AT THE TIME WAS 3 DEGS ABOVE 0, AND I THINK THIS HAD AN EFFECT ON ENGS. THE GND LOOP WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED IF THE PWR ON LEFT ENG WOULD HAVE WORKED.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.