<< >> NASA ASRS Report 877640, March 2010

An american legend cub pilot reported a runway excursion after a crosswind landing. The aircraft struck a tetrahedron slightly damaging it and tearing his aircraft's wingtip fabric.

Attributes
ACN	877640
Time
Date	201003
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Light Sport Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 40 Flight Crew Total 2100 Flight Crew Type 100
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Event / Encounter Object Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

Landing; on touchdown; crosswind pushed me to right of runway. Wingtip hit tetrahedron. Applied full power and returned home. On landing; discovered I had hit tetrahedron (which I did not realize until landing as damage to the wingtip was not visible from the cockpit) and examined wingtip damage. Torn fabric extended 6 inches from wingtip. Control surfaces not affected. Called airport and offered to pay for repair to 1/4 inch plywood on tip of tetrahedron.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An American Legend Cub pilot reported a runway excursion after a crosswind landing. The aircraft struck a tetrahedron slightly damaging it and tearing his aircraft's wingtip fabric.

Narrative: Landing; on touchdown; crosswind pushed me to right of runway. Wingtip hit tetrahedron. Applied full power and returned home. On landing; discovered I had hit tetrahedron (which I did not realize until landing as damage to the wingtip was not visible from the cockpit) and examined wingtip damage. Torn fabric extended 6 inches from wingtip. Control surfaces not affected. Called airport and offered to pay for repair to 1/4 inch plywood on tip of tetrahedron.

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.