The pilot of a stearman believed the lack of recent landing experience and the obstruction of vision...

Attributes
ACN	1009790
Time
Date	201205
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	Stearman
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 5 Flight Crew Total 27617 Flight Crew Type 443
Events
Anomaly	Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control

Narrative:

I inadvertently went off left side of hard-surface runway onto grass; incurring minor fabric damage to underside of lower left wing due to contact with a runway light. I returned to the hard surface during rollout. I had performed 12 previous landings within the past 90 days. There was a slight left-hand crosswind but it was not a factor. I landed on speed; stabilized; with no bounce. The swerving started after tailwheel contacted runway. I failed to correct the swerving enough to keep airplane on hard surface.I had a front-seat passenger which degrades forward visibility. Most of my flying is solo. Stearman likes to swerve; especially on hard surface and requires close attention all the way down to taxi speed. I attribute this event mainly to minimal landing practice in past 90 days; not reacting promptly enough with correct control input and indecision about going around.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: The pilot of a Stearman believed the lack of recent landing experience and the obstruction of vision due to a front seat passenger contributed to his loss of control; runway excursion and collision with a landing light after touch down.

Narrative: I inadvertently went off left side of hard-surface runway onto grass; incurring minor fabric damage to underside of lower left wing due to contact with a runway light. I returned to the hard surface during rollout. I had performed 12 previous landings within the past 90 days. There was a slight left-hand crosswind but it was not a factor. I landed on speed; stabilized; with no bounce. The swerving started after tailwheel contacted runway. I failed to correct the swerving enough to keep airplane on hard surface.I had a front-seat passenger which degrades forward visibility. Most of my flying is solo. Stearman likes to swerve; especially on hard surface and requires close attention all the way down to taxi speed. I attribute this event mainly to minimal landing practice in past 90 days; not reacting promptly enough with correct control input and indecision about going around.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

The pilot of a stearman believed the lack of recent landing experience and the obstruction of vision due to a front seat passenger contributed to his loss of control; runway excursion and collision with a landing light after touch down.