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PA-22 pilot reported minor damage to the aircraft resulted after loss of directional control following a landing in a gusty crosswind.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1395978 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201610 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-20 Pacer/PA-22 Tri-Pacer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 18 Flight Crew Total 103 Flight Crew Type 14 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Event / Encounter Object Ground Excursion Runway |
Narrative:
I was in a PA-22 coming in for landing. Wind was [a 60 degree crosswind at] 17-23 knot gusts. I went for a wheel landing and landed. The wind was gusting pretty hard and blew my tail wheel right. The plane went left into the grass. I hit a runway light with the rear of my plane. Broke the light; and messed up the right side of the horizontal stabilizer and ripped the skin on rear of plane. I then taxied down the runway to park and tied it down.I checked the metars and tafs before [takeoff]. I [noticed] the forecast showed strong winds. If I [had] fueled at my last stop; I would have made my entire flight [nonstop]. But I chose to stop for fuel midway. I wanted to stop when I shouldn't have. Winds were a little calmer [at destination] with more favorable runways. I had a direct crosswind with one runway. I made [a] horrible decision. I tried to land with a strong direct crosswind in a little airplane. I didn't have much experience in that airplane or a tail wheel. The whole experience humbled me; embarrassed me; and scared me. I don't ever want to experience that again and I will take the appropriate actions to correct my actions and make better decisions.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PA-22 pilot reported minor damage to the aircraft resulted after loss of directional control following a landing in a gusty crosswind.
Narrative: I was in a PA-22 coming in for landing. Wind was [a 60 degree crosswind at] 17-23 knot gusts. I went for a wheel landing and landed. The wind was gusting pretty hard and blew my tail wheel right. The plane went left into the grass. I hit a runway light with the rear of my plane. Broke the light; and messed up the right side of the horizontal stabilizer and ripped the skin on rear of plane. I then taxied down the runway to park and tied it down.I checked the METARs and TAFs before [takeoff]. I [noticed] the forecast showed strong winds. If I [had] fueled at my last stop; I would have made my entire flight [nonstop]. But I chose to stop for fuel midway. I wanted to stop when I shouldn't have. Winds were a little calmer [at destination] with more favorable runways. I had a direct crosswind with one runway. I made [a] horrible decision. I tried to land with a strong direct crosswind in a little airplane. I didn't have much experience in that airplane or a tail wheel. The whole experience humbled me; embarrassed me; and scared me. I don't ever want to experience that again and I will take the appropriate actions to correct my actions and make better decisions.
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.