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Tail dragger pilot reported ground looping an aircraft during a checkout of a different airplane than he is used to. The aircraft was restarted and continued normally.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1355618 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201605 |
| 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 | Small Aircraft High Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25 Flight Crew Total 750 Flight Crew Type 1 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control |
Narrative:
I am the purchaser of a light aircraft. I have 750 hours of PIC time; with 650 of those hours in taildraggers. 148 hrs in a previous [similar type aircraft].I was performing a familiarization flight with the seller and was conducting my second landing in type at [an airport]; from the aircraft's previous home base. Landing was a 3 point landing. I flared too high; due to most of my time being in a much larger taildragger so I botched the landing resulting in a ground loop and fouling the runway. A bizjet performed a go around.no aircraft damage or passenger injury resulted. My aircraft was restarted after airport personnel cleared me for restart and taxi to parking.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Tail dragger pilot reported ground looping an aircraft during a checkout of a different airplane than he is used to. The aircraft was restarted and continued normally.
Narrative: I am the purchaser of a light aircraft. I have 750 hours of PIC time; with 650 of those hours in taildraggers. 148 hrs in a previous [similar type aircraft].I was performing a familiarization flight with the seller and was conducting my second landing in type at [an airport]; from the aircraft's previous home base. Landing was a 3 point landing. I flared too high; due to most of my time being in a much larger taildragger so I botched the landing resulting in a ground loop and fouling the runway. A bizjet performed a go around.No aircraft damage or passenger injury resulted. My aircraft was restarted after airport personnel cleared me for restart and taxi to parking.
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.