The pilot of an citabria 7ECA lost control on the landing roll; struck the ground with the prop duri...

Narrative:

The purpose of the flight was to practice crosswind landing techniques in a conventional geared aircraft. The flight was conducted entirely within the pattern and under the control of the tower. The weather was cavu with the wind variable between 270 to 300 degrees at 14 gusting to 22. Take-off was accomplished from runway xx without difficulty. Immediately after takeoff tower advised a change in wind to 270 deg with runway 24 now the active. Three 3-point landings were made on 24 without incident with the wind basically from the west at 14 gusting to 22. On the fourth landing; with the wind reported at 280 degrees 14 gusting to 22 a wheel landing was attempted. All went well until speed decreased and the tail began to drop. At this time the aircraft began to veer right and full left rudder would not compensate. At this point; left brake was used to stop the turn and the aircraft nosed over striking the prop on the paved runway. The turn was stopped and brake was immediately released and stick brought full back. The aircraft came to a stop slightly off the runway but aligned in the proper direction. No ground loop occurred and no part of the aircraft other than the prop and gear contacted the ground. There were no injuries. There was no discernible damage other than the prop.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: The pilot of an Citabria 7ECA lost control on the landing roll; struck the ground with the prop during the recovery maneuver and stopped the aircraft just off the runway.

Narrative: The purpose of the flight was to practice crosswind landing techniques in a conventional geared aircraft. The flight was conducted entirely within the pattern and under the control of the tower. The weather was CAVU with the wind variable between 270 to 300 degrees at 14 gusting to 22. Take-off was accomplished from Runway XX without difficulty. Immediately after takeoff tower advised a change in wind to 270 deg with Runway 24 now the active. Three 3-point landings were made on 24 without incident with the wind basically from the west at 14 gusting to 22. On the fourth landing; with the wind reported at 280 degrees 14 gusting to 22 a wheel landing was attempted. All went well until speed decreased and the tail began to drop. At this time the aircraft began to veer right and full left rudder would not compensate. At this point; left brake was used to stop the turn and the aircraft nosed over striking the prop on the paved runway. The turn was stopped and brake was immediately released and stick brought full back. The aircraft came to a stop slightly off the runway but aligned in the proper direction. No ground loop occurred and no part of the aircraft other than the prop and gear contacted the ground. There were no injuries. There was no discernible damage other than the prop.

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.

Attributes
ACN	875867
Time
Date	201002
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	Champion Citabria 7ECA
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Glider Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 15.35 Flight Crew Total 1249.5 Flight Crew Type 14.15
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Excursion Runway

The pilot of an citabria 7ECA lost control on the landing roll; struck the ground with the prop during the recovery maneuver and stopped the aircraft just off the runway.