<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1629783, March 2019

PA-18 flight crew reported a loss of control and runway excursion due to lack of experience and misuse of the heel brakes.

Attributes
ACN	1629783
Time
Date	201903
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	PA-18/19 Super Cub
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Rudder Control System
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Flight Engineer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 12 Flight Crew Total 13000 Flight Crew Type 13
Person 2
Function	Passenger
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 27 Flight Crew Total 16000 Flight Crew Type 67
Events
Anomaly	Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Excursion Runway

Narrative:

Pilot is a recent recipient of a tail wheel endorsement. Pilot was in airport traffic pattern practicing take-offs and landings; (stop and go) with another pilot whom was in the aft seat. I was the pilot flying. Winds were light and variable mostly from the right side of the runway. On second landing; the tailwheel was on the ground with the stick full aft; when pilot transitioned to the brakes at approximately 5-8 mph. Airplane veered a little to the right; pilot applied too much left rudder and aircraft rolled off the runway on the left side and came to a stop in the grass. There was no damage to the aircraft of the airport runway environment. Pilot needs more flight instruction particularly with reference to ground handling and sensitive hydraulic heel brakes.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PA-18 flight crew reported a loss of control and runway excursion due to lack of experience and misuse of the heel brakes.

Narrative: Pilot is a recent recipient of a tail wheel endorsement. Pilot was in airport traffic pattern practicing take-offs and landings; (stop and go) with another pilot whom was in the aft seat. I was the pilot flying. Winds were light and variable mostly from the right side of the runway. On second landing; the tailwheel was on the ground with the stick full aft; when pilot transitioned to the brakes at approximately 5-8 MPH. Airplane veered a little to the right; pilot applied too much left rudder and aircraft rolled off the runway on the left side and came to a stop in the grass. There was no damage to the aircraft of the airport runway environment. Pilot needs more flight instruction particularly with reference to ground handling and sensitive hydraulic heel brakes.

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.