Luscombe pilot reported loss of directional control during landing resulting in a runway excursion.

Attributes
ACN	1744451
Time
Date	202006
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	Luscombe (Silvaire) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 56 Flight Crew Total 3003 Flight Crew Type 600
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

On short final to [runway] xxr; the windsock displayed a quartering left crosswind. I wheel landed left main first; left aileron into wind. With the mains planted; the nose began veering left. I applied right rudder input but it wasn't enough even with max deflection; so I brought the tail down abruptly to get directional control back via the tail wheel. Unfortunately; by the time the tail was down and I regained control; I was already off the runway going into the grass 45 degrees off of the centerline. Thankfully I avoided all taxiway lights and taxied in without damage to the plane; myself; or property. During taxi in; I noticed the windsock was varying between a quartering headwind and a quartering tailwind at about 7 knots. It is likely that as I was getting just slow enough for the tail to be about ready to stop flying but too fast to bring the tail wheel down; the wind shifted to a quartering tailwind which brought my nose to the left (weathervane). Bringing the tail wheel to the ground; even though my speed was higher; seems to ultimately be what allowed me to regain directional control and come to a safe stop clear of objects or other aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Luscombe Pilot reported loss of directional control during landing resulting in a runway excursion.

Narrative: On short final to [Runway] XXR; the windsock displayed a quartering left crosswind. I wheel landed left main first; left aileron into wind. With the mains planted; the nose began veering left. I applied right rudder input but it wasn't enough even with max deflection; so I brought the tail down abruptly to get directional control back via the tail wheel. Unfortunately; by the time the tail was down and I regained control; I was already off the runway going into the grass 45 degrees off of the centerline. Thankfully I avoided all taxiway lights and taxied in without damage to the plane; myself; or property. During taxi in; I noticed the windsock was varying between a quartering headwind and a quartering tailwind at about 7 knots. It is likely that as I was getting just slow enough for the tail to be about ready to stop flying but too fast to bring the tail wheel down; the wind shifted to a quartering tailwind which brought my nose to the left (weathervane). Bringing the tail wheel to the ground; even though my speed was higher; seems to ultimately be what allowed me to regain directional control and come to a safe stop clear of objects or other 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.