An aeronca pilot lost control during landing while operating from the aft seat with a passenger in t...

Narrative:

Winds were from 250 degrees at 8 KTS. I was landing on the runway 27. The weather was clear with unlimited visibility. I was the pilot and sitting in the back seat. The passenger was in the front seat. I touched down on the tail wheel at 55 miles per hour; then bounced on the main gear; and lost directional control to left. [This] resulted in a ground loop; and the right wing tip struck the runway surface. We departed the runway onto the grass south of runway 27. I taxied back onto runway and to the hangar. No injuries. I did not touchdown tail and main at the same time; and then over-corrected with rudder. I should have gone around. There was minimal damage to the ceconite fabric on the right wing tip. When I contacted the tower for taxi clearance I informed them of no injuries. I also called the tower on the land-line after incident per their request and I declined to make report as the damage was minimal. The tower called back in 30 minutes to verify that no report would be filed. I will get additional dual instruction with emphasis on landings from the back seat.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An Aeronca pilot lost control during landing while operating from the aft seat with a passenger in the front seat. They ground-looped and departed from the runway surface. It resulted in minor damaged to the right wing-tip but no injuries.

Narrative: Winds were from 250 degrees at 8 KTS. I was landing on the Runway 27. The weather was clear with unlimited visibility. I was the pilot and sitting in the back seat. The passenger was in the front seat. I touched down on the tail wheel at 55 miles per hour; then bounced on the main gear; and lost directional control to left. [This] resulted in a ground loop; and the right wing tip struck the runway surface. We departed the runway onto the grass south of Runway 27. I taxied back onto runway and to the hangar. No injuries. I did not touchdown tail and main at the same time; and then over-corrected with rudder. I should have gone around. There was minimal damage to the Ceconite fabric on the right wing tip. When I contacted the Tower for taxi clearance I informed them of no injuries. I also called the Tower on the land-line after incident per their request and I declined to make report as the damage was minimal. The Tower called back in 30 minutes to verify that no report would be filed. I will get additional dual instruction with emphasis on landings from the back seat.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1069418
Time
Date	201302
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Aeronca Champion
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Rudder
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 79 Flight Crew Total 4990 Flight Crew Type 20
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control

An aeronca pilot lost control during landing while operating from the aft seat with a passenger in the front seat. They ground-looped and departed from the runway surface. It resulted in minor damaged to the right wing-tip but no injuries.