<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1671154, July 2019

Great lakes 2T pilot reported a ground loop occurred late in the landing roll when he encountered suspected wind shear.

Attributes
ACN	1671154
Time
Date	201907
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	Aerobatic
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Other IN CIRCUIT
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 8 Flight Crew Total 488 Flight Crew Type 69
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

After carrying out 3 prior landings; [I made a] normal approach on center line. Normal landing made and as plane slowed to walking pace it began to ground loop. Aircraft controlled by rudder/braking inputs; [but the] aircraft nosed over [and] came to stop just right of runway center line and parallel to runway direction. Suspected wind shear. Pilot shut down systems and fuel system and exited aircraft. No injuries to pilot. Minimal damage to prop and spinner - no structural damage; weather was cavok.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Great Lakes 2T pilot reported a ground loop occurred late in the landing roll when he encountered suspected wind shear.

Narrative: After carrying out 3 prior landings; [I made a] normal approach on center line. Normal landing made and as plane slowed to walking pace it began to ground loop. Aircraft controlled by rudder/braking inputs; [but the] aircraft nosed over [and] came to stop just right of runway center line and parallel to runway direction. Suspected wind shear. Pilot shut down systems and fuel system and exited aircraft. No injuries to pilot. Minimal damage to prop and spinner - no structural damage; weather was CAVOK.

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.