A biplane pilot encounters a crosswind on landing resulting in a ground loop.

Attributes
ACN	615964
Time
Date	200404
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dvn.airport
State Reference	IA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Weather Elements	other
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Other
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Route In Use	approach : traffic pattern
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 20 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 65
ASRS Report	615964
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter other other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Weather Flight Crew Human Performance Environmental Factor Aircraft
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Landing runway 21 at davenport, ia (dvn), I ground looped. Damage to left wheel, left wingtip, left aileron. Crosswind exceeded landing skill.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A BIPLANE PLT ENCOUNTERS A XWIND ON LNDG RESULTING IN A GND LOOP.

Narrative: LNDG RWY 21 AT DAVENPORT, IA (DVN), I GND LOOPED. DAMAGE TO L WHEEL, L WINGTIP, L AILERON. XWIND EXCEEDED LNDG SKILL.

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.