Motorglider nosed over when caught by wind gust during landing.

Attributes
ACN	143782
Time
Date	199004
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : apa
State Reference	CO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Ultralight
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 10 flight time total : 550 flight time type : 30
ASRS Report	143782
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical inflight encounter other other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Landing when crosswind gust occurred resulting in nose over. Cut off 6' from propeller and dented spinner.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MOTORGLIDER NOSED OVER WHEN CAUGHT BY WIND GUST DURING LNDG.

Narrative: LNDG WHEN XWIND GUST OCCURRED RESULTING IN NOSE OVER. CUT OFF 6' FROM PROPELLER AND DENTED SPINNER.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.