The pilot of a beech tailwheel aircraft reported losing control during a crosswind landing; resultin...

Narrative:

I was cleared to land on runway 31. Crosswind was from the right - velocity unknown. After landing I slowed down and was on the rollout with all three wheels on the ground and with appropriate crosswind input. While slowing; the tower called and asked if I could make the next turnoff to the left because of a following fast jet (A-5). That intersection was runway 2/20. I answered that I would try to do so. Because the aileron input was all in to the right; the yoke was upside down and I was distracted looking for the press-to-talk button. The airplane began a right turn into the wind that I was unable to stop. I exited the paved surface before the 5;000 remaining marker and on to the soft grass surface of a small swale beside the runway. When the left main gear contacted the muddy surface it dug in and the airplane tipped up onto its nose and came to a rest with the nose in contact with the ground. I turned off the fuel valve; mags and main electrical power switches. I exited the airplane and was uninjured.I was distracted by trying to reply to the radio request by the tower to exit at the next intersection. I should not have attempted a reply with the yoke inverted while in a crosswind situation with a tailwheel airplane.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: The pilot of a Beech tailwheel aircraft reported losing control during a crosswind landing; resulting in a ground loop; runway excursion; and damage to the aircraft.

Narrative: I was cleared to land on Runway 31. Crosswind was from the right - velocity unknown. After landing I slowed down and was on the rollout with all three wheels on the ground and with appropriate crosswind input. While slowing; the Tower called and asked if I could make the next turnoff to the left because of a following fast jet (A-5). That intersection was Runway 2/20. I answered that I would try to do so. Because the aileron input was all in to the right; the yoke was upside down and I was distracted looking for the press-to-talk button. The airplane began a right turn into the wind that I was unable to stop. I exited the paved surface before the 5;000 remaining marker and on to the soft grass surface of a small swale beside the runway. When the left main gear contacted the muddy surface it dug in and the airplane tipped up onto its nose and came to a rest with the nose in contact with the ground. I turned off the fuel valve; mags and main electrical power switches. I exited the airplane and was uninjured.I was distracted by trying to reply to the radio request by the Tower to exit at the next intersection. I should not have attempted a reply with the yoke inverted while in a crosswind situation with a tailwheel airplane.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1507470
Time
Date	201712
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	Beechcraft Single Piston Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 1600 Flight Crew Type 100
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Excursion Runway

The pilot of a beech tailwheel aircraft reported losing control during a crosswind landing; resulting in a ground loop; runway excursion; and damage to the aircraft.