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A stearman pilot momentarily lost directional control on rollout following a normal landing and performed a ground loop; exiting and returning to the runway interrupted by brief ground contact with the lower right wingtip.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1017793 |
| 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 | 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 Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 10 Flight Crew Total 27622 Flight Crew Type 449 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control |
Narrative:
During rollout after a good landing and slowed almost to taxi speed the airplane started to swerve to the left from runway centerline. I failed to make adequate and prompt enough correction with rudder/tailwheel steering input and went off runway at a 90 degree angle in a three-point attitude at an estimated groundspeed of 30 mph. The winds were light and variable. The right lower wingtip momentarily contacted the grass surface just off the runway. I continued around in a left turn at taxi speed and returned to runway surface and taxied in. There was some damage to lower right wing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Stearman Pilot momentarily lost directional control on rollout following a normal landing and performed a ground loop; exiting and returning to the runway interrupted by brief ground contact with the lower right wingtip.
Narrative: During rollout after a good landing and slowed almost to taxi speed the airplane started to swerve to the left from runway centerline. I failed to make adequate and prompt enough correction with rudder/tailwheel steering input and went off runway at a 90 degree angle in a three-point attitude at an estimated groundspeed of 30 mph. The winds were light and variable. The right lower wingtip momentarily contacted the grass surface just off the runway. I continued around in a left turn at taxi speed and returned to runway surface and taxied in. There was some damage to lower right wing.
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.