Student and instructor describe a solo landing in a J3 cub that resultants in a ground loop.

Attributes
ACN	977208
Time
Date	201110
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	PDK.Airport
State Reference	GA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	J3 Cub
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Student
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 8 Flight Crew Total 59 Flight Crew Type 59
Person 2
Function	Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 17 Flight Crew Total 2989 Flight Crew Type 400
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Excursion Runway

Narrative:

I am a student and was landing on runway 2L in a supervised solo. Wind was 5 KTS or so from the east. When I landed; aircraft ground looped. No injuries or issues. I will take more training on cross-wind technique.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Student and instructor describe a solo landing in a J3 Cub that resultants in a ground loop.

Narrative: I am a student and was landing on Runway 2L in a supervised solo. Wind was 5 KTS or so from the east. When I landed; aircraft ground looped. No injuries or issues. I will take more training on cross-wind technique.

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.