Rv-8 pilot reported a ground loop resulted after he lost directional control on the landing roll.

Attributes
ACN	1405152
Time
Date	201611
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	RV-8
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 55 Flight Crew Total 13210 Flight Crew Type 391
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control

Narrative:

The weather was perfect. Calm winds clear skies. The approach was perfectly on glide path and on speed. Upon touchdown the aircraft nose started to the left just a little. I corrected the drift and then I obviously over corrected because the aircraft started to the right. Corrective input was applied (left rudder and left brake) but no response. The runway was a little grass but mostly dirt. I think the braking was skidding; the tail wheel was sliding and the rudder was blanked by the fuselage. Best action would have been a 'wheel landing' for more control.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RV-8 Pilot reported a ground loop resulted after he lost directional control on the landing roll.

Narrative: The weather was perfect. Calm winds clear skies. The approach was perfectly on glide path and on speed. Upon touchdown the aircraft nose started to the left just a little. I corrected the drift and then I obviously over corrected because the aircraft started to the right. Corrective input was applied (left rudder and left brake) but no response. The runway was a little grass but mostly dirt. I think the braking was skidding; the tail wheel was sliding and the rudder was blanked by the fuselage. Best action would have been a 'Wheel Landing' for more control.

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.