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Pilot reported drifting off the right side of the runway in a tailwheel aircraft after a normal three point touchdown with a very slight left crosswind. Postflight inspection of the tailwheel revealed no anomalies. Three landings were made with a stronger left crosswind with no control difficulties noted.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1348866 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201604 |
| 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 | Light Sport Aircraft |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 8 Flight Crew Total 3500 Flight Crew Type 300 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Excursion Runway |
Narrative:
Made approach to full stall landing in tailwheel airplane on runway 2. Requested wind-check; wind reported as 360 at 6 knots. Landed on centerline on numbers in approximate 3-point attitude; but did not have tailwheel firmly on the ground. Airplane began to drift right; corrected with left rudder. Left rudder/tailwheel not effective; airplane continued to drift right. Airplane rolled slowly off right edge of runway between runway lights onto grass; came to halt about 50 feet to the right of the right edge of runway and parallel with runway. Tower asked if I needed assistance. I replied that I did not. I asked for and was given clearance back onto the runway. Turned left onto taxiway charlie; taxied to t-hangar with ground control. Examined tailwheel mechanism; found it to be working normally.2 hours later went back and made 3 landings in same airplane. Wind now reported 030-050 at 6-9. Made 3 full-stall landings; making sure to hold stick full aft. Airplane tracked center of runway perfectly.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Pilot reported drifting off the right side of the runway in a tailwheel aircraft after a normal three point touchdown with a very slight left crosswind. Postflight inspection of the tailwheel revealed no anomalies. Three landings were made with a stronger left crosswind with no control difficulties noted.
Narrative: Made approach to full stall landing in tailwheel airplane on Runway 2. Requested wind-check; wind reported as 360 at 6 knots. Landed on centerline on numbers in approximate 3-point attitude; but did not have tailwheel firmly on the ground. Airplane began to drift right; corrected with left rudder. Left rudder/tailwheel not effective; airplane continued to drift right. Airplane rolled slowly off right edge of runway between runway lights onto grass; came to halt about 50 feet to the right of the right edge of runway and parallel with runway. Tower asked if I needed assistance. I replied that I did not. I asked for and was given clearance back onto the runway. Turned left onto taxiway Charlie; taxied to T-hangar with Ground control. Examined tailwheel mechanism; found it to be working normally.2 hours later went back and made 3 landings in same airplane. Wind now reported 030-050 at 6-9. Made 3 full-stall landings; making sure to hold stick full aft. Airplane tracked center of runway perfectly.
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.