C180 pilot reported a loss of control and runway excursion while landing in gusty conditions.

Attributes
ACN	1621726
Time
Date	201902
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cessna 180 Skywagon
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 31 Flight Crew Total 3600 Flight Crew Type 31
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

Landing to take on fuel. A crosswind from the left at 45 degrees was reported on AWOS. Runway in use is 100 feet wide. Landing I lost directional control. An experienced local pilot later said that strong gusts were occurring at the time of this incident. The resulting ground loop caused the plane to exit the asphalt surface. I felt I had avoided any major damage up to that point. However; as the aircraft left the paved surface; the starboard main gear wheel sank into the dirt. This caused the nose to strike the ground. The aircraft came to a stop with the nose; starboard landing gear; and starboard wing tip supporting the aircraft with the tail about 15 feet off the ground.major contributing factors were; gusting crosswind. [I perceived the crosswind to be manageable] however did not factor the strong gusting wind. [The lesson learned was to] pay close attention to possible gusting crosswinds. The larger vertical stabilizer on the C-180 contributed to the weather vane action of the aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C180 pilot reported a loss of control and runway excursion while landing in gusty conditions.

Narrative: Landing to take on fuel. A crosswind from the left at 45 degrees was reported on AWOS. Runway in use is 100 feet wide. Landing I lost directional control. An experienced local pilot later said that strong gusts were occurring at the time of this incident. The resulting ground loop caused the plane to exit the asphalt surface. I felt I had avoided any major damage up to that point. However; as the aircraft left the paved surface; the starboard main gear wheel sank into the dirt. This caused the nose to strike the ground. The aircraft came to a stop with the nose; starboard landing gear; and starboard wing tip supporting the aircraft with the tail about 15 feet off the ground.Major contributing factors were; gusting crosswind. [I perceived the crosswind to be manageable] however did not factor the strong gusting wind. [The lesson learned was to] pay close attention to possible gusting crosswinds. The larger vertical stabilizer on the C-180 contributed to the weather vane action of the aircraft.

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.