<< >> NASA ASRS Report 962649, July 2011

Pilot of high performance tail wheel aircraft reports a runway excursion during attempted takeoff due to a gust of wind. Aircraft damage results.

Attributes
ACN	962649
Time
Date	201107
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Experimental
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 195 Flight Crew Total 7842 Flight Crew Type 72
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Object Ground Excursion Runway

Narrative:

I was taking off in a 3/4 [scale] P-51 when I was hit by a gust of wind; just as the tail was lifting up; that blew me off the runway. There was right wheel damage with right strut damage. After having the wheel and strut repaired I departed with no problem.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Pilot of high performance tail wheel aircraft reports a runway excursion during attempted takeoff due to a gust of wind. Aircraft damage results.

Narrative: I was taking off in a 3/4 [scale] P-51 when I was hit by a gust of wind; just as the tail was lifting up; that blew me off the runway. There was right wheel damage with right strut damage. After having the wheel and strut repaired I departed with no problem.

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.