GA small aircraft strikes pylon runway marker upon liftoff from grass strip.

Attributes
ACN	123298
Time
Date	198909
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : 4j6
State Reference	GA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot instruction : instructor
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 170 flight time total : 350 flight time type : 100
ASRS Report	123298
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	instruction : trainee
Qualification	pilot : student
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other anomaly other other spatial deviation other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : regained aircraft control
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I was on the 3RD of 3 soft-field touch-and-goes on a grass strip, demonstrating them to my student. Runway lined narrowly with pylons, 50' wide. Wind sock dead. On takeoff roll, as I was lifting into ground effect a gust, strong in nature, came from left. Plane began to move right. Very quickly found plane headed for pylon which was on right side of runway. This pylon was inset approximately 5' from others upon further inspection. I applied full rudder and aileron into wind. Plane still moved right. I could not veer around pylon so I tried to 'pop' plane up over it. Aircraft made it over. The pylon did clip the right horizontal stabilizer. A small dent resulted. Mechanic looked at it. Determined plane was flyable. Immediately following incident the wind sock was full in direction of left quartering tailwind.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GA SMA STRIKES PYLON RWY MARKER UPON LIFTOFF FROM GRASS STRIP.

Narrative: I WAS ON THE 3RD OF 3 SOFT-FIELD TOUCH-AND-GOES ON A GRASS STRIP, DEMONSTRATING THEM TO MY STUDENT. RWY LINED NARROWLY WITH PYLONS, 50' WIDE. WIND SOCK DEAD. ON TKOF ROLL, AS I WAS LIFTING INTO GND EFFECT A GUST, STRONG IN NATURE, CAME FROM LEFT. PLANE BEGAN TO MOVE RIGHT. VERY QUICKLY FOUND PLANE HEADED FOR PYLON WHICH WAS ON RIGHT SIDE OF RWY. THIS PYLON WAS INSET APPROX 5' FROM OTHERS UPON FURTHER INSPECTION. I APPLIED FULL RUDDER AND AILERON INTO WIND. PLANE STILL MOVED RIGHT. I COULD NOT VEER AROUND PYLON SO I TRIED TO 'POP' PLANE UP OVER IT. ACFT MADE IT OVER. THE PYLON DID CLIP THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. A SMALL DENT RESULTED. MECHANIC LOOKED AT IT. DETERMINED PLANE WAS FLYABLE. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING INCIDENT THE WIND SOCK WAS FULL IN DIRECTION OF LEFT QUARTERING TAILWIND.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.