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Stearman pilot lost control and went off the left side of the runway during landing. The aircraft's lower right wing hit the ground and was damaged.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1420071 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201701 |
| 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 | Stearman |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 18 Flight Crew Total 22750 Flight Crew Type 40 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Ground Excursion Runway |
Narrative:
Performing full-stop/taxi-back landings. This landing was the last of 3 planned for this flight and cleared to land on runway xxl. Winds last reported 160 at 6 knots. Windsock seemed to agree. Skipped (no bounce) added small amount of power. Directional alignment looked good. Second touchdown was firm but no bounce. Tailwheel began severe shimmy and aircraft began turning left. Rudder alone; not enough correction. Added brake and aircraft continued turn to the left. Right wingtip scraped the runway. Then saw I was headed for a runway edge light; so steered further left to miss it. Exited the runway onto the grass and shutdown.right wingtip and outboard forward end of aileron were scraped and required fabric repair only. There was no structural damage. Subsequent gear alignment check revealed major toe-in of left main gear. It was determined that it had been like that since a previous accident and the alignment check performed at that time had been performed incorrectly.I believe that I removed the aileron cross wind correction while concentrating on the rudder and brake inputs to stop the left turn. The severe tailwheel shimmy was a distraction and perhaps caused a startle effect which delayed proper control inputs. Once beyond a certain point; directional runway control in this aircraft type cannot be recovered. Gear alignment played a part; but I had flown all of my 40 hours in this plane in that configuration.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Stearman pilot lost control and went off the left side of the runway during landing. The aircraft's lower right wing hit the ground and was damaged.
Narrative: Performing full-stop/taxi-back landings. This landing was the last of 3 planned for this flight and cleared to land on Runway XXL. Winds last reported 160 at 6 knots. Windsock seemed to agree. Skipped (no bounce) added small amount of power. Directional alignment looked good. Second touchdown was firm but no bounce. Tailwheel began severe shimmy and aircraft began turning left. Rudder alone; not enough correction. Added brake and aircraft continued turn to the left. Right wingtip scraped the runway. Then saw I was headed for a runway edge light; so steered further left to miss it. Exited the runway onto the grass and shutdown.Right wingtip and outboard forward end of aileron were scraped and required fabric repair only. There was no structural damage. Subsequent gear alignment check revealed major toe-in of left main gear. It was determined that it had been like that since a previous accident and the alignment check performed at that time had been performed incorrectly.I believe that I removed the aileron cross wind correction while concentrating on the rudder and brake inputs to stop the left turn. The severe tailwheel shimmy was a distraction and perhaps caused a startle effect which delayed proper control inputs. Once beyond a certain point; directional runway control in this aircraft type cannot be recovered. Gear alignment played a part; but I had flown all of my 40 hours in this plane in that configuration.
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.