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Pilot of a tail wheel aircraft reports landing with a left crosswind and the left wing down; to be surprised by a right crosswind gust sending the aircraft off the runway and causing some damage to aircraft and airport facilities.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1013959 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201206 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Bellanca Aircraft Corp Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Direct None |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 2174 Flight Crew Type 669 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Object Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Inflight Event / Encounter Object |
Narrative:
I had just been cleared into the right base traffic as number 2 for landing on runway 30 behind a C172 on final. ATIS information with winds of 240 at 8 was current. I reported to the tower the C172 in sight and turned final to follow. The C172 appeared to be landing a little past the 30 numbers when they announced they were going around. The C172 was a student with instructor so I had no suspicion of things to come. I checked the wind sock at the 30 numbers and it looked to agree with the ATIS. I did fail to notice the second wind sock at mid field which might have given me a clue to why the C172 did the go-around. I touched down on or just past the 30 numbers with my left wing down for the cross-wind. Before I could get the right wing down a wind from the right lifted it higher turning me approximately; 45 degrees to the left. Full right aileron and right rudder would not bring the right wing down. At the angle the wind had turned me; I was looking directly at the tower and hangars on the side of the parallel taxiways; so adding full power was not an option. I pulled the power full back and the wheel full back to ride out whatever was coming next. With the speed I was still going and already on the left edge of the runway; I did not feel that the main wheel were firmly in contact with the ground; so I was hoping the rudder would steer me around any obstacles. Also the grass area between the runway and the perpendicular taxiway dips down and back up; so I was hoping to bounce over any low objects there. As it was; I struck the upwind VASI light box with the prop tip and the inverted 'V' strut between the main landing gear. Dragging two large pieces of the VASI box on the gear strut I touched down solidly across the taxiway and spun 180 degrees facing the runway. I shut off the engine and electrical and climbed out to check the damage. One propeller blade is slightly curled. There is minor sheet metal damage to the lower cowl and wheel pants. And two minor tears in to the fabric. The aircraft is not flyable until a complete engine inspection can be done and the propeller repaired or replaced.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Pilot of a tail wheel aircraft reports landing with a left crosswind and the left wing down; to be surprised by a right crosswind gust sending the aircraft off the runway and causing some damage to aircraft and airport facilities.
Narrative: I had just been cleared into the right base traffic as Number 2 for landing on Runway 30 behind a C172 on Final. ATIS information with winds of 240 at 8 was current. I reported to the Tower the C172 in sight and turned Final to follow. The C172 appeared to be landing a little past the 30 numbers when they announced they were going around. The C172 was a student with instructor so I had no suspicion of things to come. I checked the wind sock at the 30 numbers and it looked to agree with the ATIS. I did fail to notice the second wind sock at mid field which might have given me a clue to why the C172 did the go-around. I touched down on or just past the 30 numbers with my left wing down for the cross-wind. Before I could get the right wing down a wind from the right lifted it higher turning me approximately; 45 degrees to the left. Full right aileron and right rudder would not bring the right wing down. At the angle the wind had turned me; I was looking directly at the Tower and hangars on the side of the parallel taxiways; so adding full power was not an option. I pulled the power full back and the wheel full back to ride out whatever was coming next. With the speed I was still going and already on the left edge of the runway; I did not feel that the main wheel were firmly in contact with the ground; so I was hoping the rudder would steer me around any obstacles. Also the grass area between the runway and the perpendicular taxiway dips down and back up; so I was hoping to bounce over any low objects there. As it was; I struck the upwind VASI light box with the prop tip and the inverted 'V' strut between the main landing gear. Dragging two large pieces of the VASI box on the gear strut I touched down solidly across the taxiway and spun 180 degrees facing the runway. I shut off the engine and electrical and climbed out to check the damage. One propeller blade is slightly curled. There is minor sheet metal damage to the lower cowl and wheel pants. And two minor tears in to the fabric. The aircraft is not flyable until a complete engine inspection can be done and the propeller repaired or replaced.
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.