<< >> NASA ASRS Report 986951, December 2011

Thorp pilot reports landing on runway 19 with the winds reported as 260 at 6 KTS. Control is lost when the tail wheel is lowered to the runway and a ground loop results.

Attributes
ACN	986951
Time
Date	201112
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Experimental
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 18.9 Flight Crew Total 213.2 Flight Crew Type 26.2
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control

Narrative:

Made a cross country flight and in came to land on runway 19. The conditions of flight were cavok; wind 260 at 6 KTS. I landed cross wind on 2 wheels and after I came back on the tail; the cross wind pushed the plane in a right heading. I tried to compensate on the rudder but probably too late. Ground loop occurred. The wind seemed gustier than announced in my opinion. I probably didn't push the stick enough into the wind and lost a part of my concentration. Nobody was injured.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Thorp pilot reports landing on Runway 19 with the winds reported as 260 at 6 KTS. Control is lost when the tail wheel is lowered to the runway and a ground loop results.

Narrative: Made a cross country flight and in came to land on Runway 19. The conditions of flight were CAVOK; wind 260 at 6 KTS. I landed cross wind on 2 wheels and after I came back on the tail; the cross wind pushed the plane in a right heading. I tried to compensate on the rudder but probably too late. Ground loop occurred. The wind seemed gustier than announced in my opinion. I probably didn't push the stick enough into the wind and lost a part of my concentration. Nobody was injured.

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.