PA18 pilot reported being pushed off the taxiway into the grass by wind gusts and the nose of the ai...

Attributes
ACN	1745142
Time
Date	202006
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-18/19 Super Cub
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Taxi
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 14 Flight Crew Total 1500 Flight Crew Type 25
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control

Narrative:

After landing on runway xx at ZZZ; I was taxiing back to runway xx for takeoff. During taxi; with winds out of the north and slightly behind me; I had my stick full forward and to the left. Upon approaching a tree line to my right and a row of hangars to my left; a gust of wind pushed the plane's tail to the left; causing the plane to start veering off the taxiway and towards the grass. I put full left rudder in which didn't do anything and so I applied my heel brakes in fear of hitting a taxi-light. With the brakes on and stick forward; the plane tipped forward onto it's nose just off the edge of the taxiway. Throughout the morning into the afternoon; the active runway kept changing at ZZZ as winds kept shifting from the northeast and northwest with gusts; as this is what the windsocks kept showing.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PA18 pilot reported being pushed off the taxiway into the grass by wind gusts and the nose of the aircraft contacted the ground.

Narrative: After landing on Runway XX at ZZZ; I was taxiing back to Runway XX for takeoff. During taxi; with winds out of the north and slightly behind me; I had my stick full forward and to the left. Upon approaching a tree line to my right and a row of hangars to my left; a gust of wind pushed the plane's tail to the left; causing the plane to start veering off the taxiway and towards the grass. I put full left rudder in which didn't do anything and so I applied my heel brakes in fear of hitting a taxi-light. With the brakes on and stick forward; the plane tipped forward onto it's nose just off the edge of the taxiway. Throughout the morning into the afternoon; the active runway kept changing at ZZZ as winds kept shifting from the northeast and northwest with gusts; as this is what the windsocks kept showing.

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.