Aircraft damaged in crosswind landing procedure.

Attributes
ACN	187980
Time
Date	199109
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bmi
State Reference	IL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : rdu
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 112 flight time total : 3275 flight time type : 240
ASRS Report	187980
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter other other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I was flying a couple of practice patterns at a local restr landing area (grass strip) in my small aircraft. The strip is basically an east/west strip with winds out of the south at about 15 KTS. Upon a slightly steeper approach than normal, and slipping the airplane towards touchdown, and reaching flare altitude, I started to take the slip out and a gust got hold of me. With side louds from the left I hit the ground slid right off the strip into a bean field where the airplane ground looped, breaking the left main gear strut, catching the propeller in the dirt and coming to rest in the beans. I have slipped the airplane to a landing many times, but apparently I left the slip in a little too long and possibly underestimated the potential effects of the wind conditions (crosswind and gusty) even though the winds on the first landing seemed to be relatively calm.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT DAMAGED IN XWIND LNDG PROC.

Narrative: I WAS FLYING A COUPLE OF PRACTICE PATTERNS AT A LCL RESTR LNDG AREA (GRASS STRIP) IN MY SMA. THE STRIP IS BASICALLY AN E/W STRIP WITH WINDS OUT OF THE S AT ABOUT 15 KTS. UPON A SLIGHTLY STEEPER APCH THAN NORMAL, AND SLIPPING THE AIRPLANE TOWARDS TOUCHDOWN, AND REACHING FLARE ALT, I STARTED TO TAKE THE SLIP OUT AND A GUST GOT HOLD OF ME. WITH SIDE LOUDS FROM THE L I HIT THE GND SLID RIGHT OFF THE STRIP INTO A BEAN FIELD WHERE THE AIRPLANE GND LOOPED, BREAKING THE L MAIN GEAR STRUT, CATCHING THE PROP IN THE DIRT AND COMING TO REST IN THE BEANS. I HAVE SLIPPED THE AIRPLANE TO A LNDG MANY TIMES, BUT APPARENTLY I LEFT THE SLIP IN A LITTLE TOO LONG AND POSSIBLY UNDERESTIMATED THE POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF THE WIND CONDITIONS (XWIND AND GUSTY) EVEN THOUGH THE WINDS ON THE FIRST LNDG SEEMED TO BE RELATIVELY CALM.

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.