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Beechcraft sundowner pilot lost control during a touch and go landing and exited the runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 843344 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200907 |
| 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 | Sundowner 23 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Route In Use | Other touch/go |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 15 Flight Crew Total 200 Flight Crew Type 12 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control |
Narrative:
Was performing touch and go; after landing; raised flaps; applied power; noticed was slightly left of runway center-line (approximately 1 to 1.5 feet); tried to move to runway center line; applied slight right rudder and began to veer rapidly to right; compensated by immediately applying left rudder to correct; but resultant action caused airplane to veer sharply to left; causing the aircraft to depart the runway onto grassy area along side runway; immediately reduced power to idle and applied brakes; came to a stop on the left grassy area adjoining the runway. ATC called to see if I was alright and if I needed help; requested ATC to get help to remove aircraft from grassy area; since grassy area was wet and soft. Helped arrived and the aircraft was towed back to the FBO for inspection. Prevention for future occurrences: not to attempt a minor correction to runway center-line while under full takeoff power but continue with take-off; since aircraft was going straight down the runway. Pilot will take a checkout ride/instruction with a CFI to correct and prevent future occurrences.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Beechcraft Sundowner pilot lost control during a touch and go landing and exited the runway.
Narrative: Was performing touch and go; after landing; raised flaps; applied power; noticed was slightly left of runway center-line (approximately 1 to 1.5 feet); tried to move to runway center line; applied slight right rudder and began to veer rapidly to right; compensated by immediately applying left rudder to correct; but resultant action caused airplane to veer sharply to left; causing the aircraft to depart the runway onto grassy area along side runway; immediately reduced power to idle and applied brakes; came to a stop on the left grassy area adjoining the runway. ATC called to see if I was alright and if I needed help; requested ATC to get help to remove aircraft from grassy area; since grassy area was wet and soft. Helped arrived and the aircraft was towed back to the FBO for inspection. Prevention for future occurrences: Not to attempt a minor correction to runway center-line while under full takeoff power but continue with take-off; since aircraft was going straight down the runway. Pilot will take a checkout ride/instruction with a CFI to correct and prevent future occurrences.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.