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Light weight small aircraft on takeoff roll has wind gust catch wing. Loss of control runway excursion.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 204178 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199203 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : l39 |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 10 flight time total : 1000 flight time type : 10 |
| ASRS Report | 204178 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified cockpit |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : insufficient time |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Pilot was attempting a short field takeoff in a 550 pound high wing airplane. After gaining min speed; aircraft was caught by a gust of wind from the right side which lifted the right wing. The aircraft turned left and went off the runway into tall grass and very soft ground where it bent the landing gear, damaged the wing tip and wood propeller. No injuries to pilot. No damage to property.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: LIGHT WT SMA ON TKOF ROLL HAS WIND GUST CATCH WING. LOSS OF CTL RWY EXCURSION.
Narrative: PLT WAS ATTEMPTING A SHORT FIELD TKOF IN A 550 POUND HIGH WING AIRPLANE. AFTER GAINING MIN SPD; ACFT WAS CAUGHT BY A GUST OF WIND FROM THE R SIDE WHICH LIFTED THE R WING. THE ACFT TURNED L AND WENT OFF THE RWY INTO TALL GRASS AND VERY SOFT GND WHERE IT BENT THE LNDG GEAR, DAMAGED THE WING TIP AND WOOD PROP. NO INJURIES TO PLT. NO DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.