<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1244460, March 2015

An aeronca champ instructor reported a wind gust pushed the aircraft toward the runway's left side causing the aircraft to ground loop.

Attributes
ACN	1244460
Time
Date	201503
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Aeronca Champion
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 120 Flight Crew Total 10000 Flight Crew Type 4
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

During the seventh landing of the day a gust of wind pushed the plane to the left side of the runway and was unable to regain control resulting in the plane ground looping.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An Aeronca Champ Instructor reported a wind gust pushed the aircraft toward the Runway's left side causing the aircraft to ground loop.

Narrative: During the seventh landing of the day a gust of wind pushed the plane to the left side of the runway and was unable to regain control resulting in the plane ground looping.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.