Narrative:

Aircraft type C180 tailwheel aircraft. Departed from home base (grand prairie airport) to fort worth springs airport, approximately 17 mi to the west, to practice some touch-and-goes. The winds were 90 degrees to the runway at about 10-12 KTS. I made a wheel landing as the airspeed decreased the aircraft began veering right into the wind. I added full left rudder to counteract the movement without any results. The situation developed into a full ground loop. After the aircraft stopped, I shut down the motor and got out to across the damage. Although there was damage, the aircraft integrity was such that there was no problem with taxiing under its own power to park at the airport's ramp. The reason the aircraft was able to ground loop was because for some reason I failed to hold full aft pressure on the yoke to solidly anchor the tailwheel on the ground, thus preventing the aircraft to wxvane into the wind resulting in a ground loop. To prevent a recurrence: although I have a significant amount of flight time in many different aircraft, my tailwheel experience is low (below 100 hours) I am going to get additional training from some more qualified instructors (I have located 1 with many yrs of tailwheel experience in alaska) and review my tailwheel aircraft training from the basics up until there is no question of my abilities.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT OF A C180 LOST CTL OF ACFT DURING TOUCH-AND-GO LNDG PRACTICE IN A XWIND RESULTING IN A GND LOOP AND DAMAGE TO THE ACFT.

Narrative: ACFT TYPE C180 TAILWHEEL ACFT. DEPARTED FROM HOME BASE (GRAND PRAIRIE ARPT) TO FORT WORTH SPRINGS ARPT, APPROX 17 MI TO THE W, TO PRACTICE SOME TOUCH-AND-GOES. THE WINDS WERE 90 DEGS TO THE RWY AT ABOUT 10-12 KTS. I MADE A WHEEL LNDG AS THE AIRSPD DECREASED THE ACFT BEGAN VEERING RIGHT INTO THE WIND. I ADDED FULL L RUDDER TO COUNTERACT THE MOVEMENT WITHOUT ANY RESULTS. THE SIT DEVELOPED INTO A FULL GND LOOP. AFTER THE ACFT STOPPED, I SHUT DOWN THE MOTOR AND GOT OUT TO ACROSS THE DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS DAMAGE, THE ACFT INTEGRITY WAS SUCH THAT THERE WAS NO PROB WITH TAXIING UNDER ITS OWN PWR TO PARK AT THE ARPT'S RAMP. THE REASON THE ACFT WAS ABLE TO GND LOOP WAS BECAUSE FOR SOME REASON I FAILED TO HOLD FULL AFT PRESSURE ON THE YOKE TO SOLIDLY ANCHOR THE TAILWHEEL ON THE GND, THUS PREVENTING THE ACFT TO WXVANE INTO THE WIND RESULTING IN A GND LOOP. TO PREVENT A RECURRENCE: ALTHOUGH I HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FLT TIME IN MANY DIFFERENT ACFT, MY TAILWHEEL EXPERIENCE IS LOW (BELOW 100 HRS) I AM GOING TO GET ADDITIONAL TRAINING FROM SOME MORE QUALIFIED INSTRUCTORS (I HAVE LOCATED 1 WITH MANY YRS OF TAILWHEEL EXPERIENCE IN ALASKA) AND REVIEW MY TAILWHEEL ACFT TRAINING FROM THE BASICS UP UNTIL THERE IS NO QUESTION OF MY ABILITIES.

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.