Narrative:

Runway 17R at santa barbara airport, 12 KT quartering crosswind from the right. Good touchdown, hump in runway 27 caused minor lifting, a touch of power and 3 points on the ground. The pilot at the controls in the right seat saw the nose drifting to the right and started to apply both brakes. As the aircraft slowed I called to put a little left rudder in and come off the brakes. The timing was good but the pilot never heard me due to excessive radio traffic from the tower and other aircraft. With the level of braking an unanticipated dipping of the nose occurred and the propeller touched the runway, engine stopped at low power and the aircraft settled on its spinner. The 2 of us exited and I pushed the nose up and put the aircraft on its 3 wheels again. The 'cg' was good, no loss of aircraft occurred but the aircraft decided to rotate around the wheel's axis. In the past where taildraggers were the greatest number of aircraft in the national system the nose over happened quite often. The aircraft is privately owned and self-insured. There is no doubt of the competency of both pilots but too much braking and winds caused the aircraft to dip. The pilot at the controls had little taildragger experience and undoubtedly habit patterns of a nose wheel nature contributed to the use of brakes.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PROP STRIKE AND NOSE OVER BY SMA IN LNDG PROC XWIND ROLLOUT. ACFT DAMAGED.

Narrative: RWY 17R AT SANTA BARBARA ARPT, 12 KT QUARTERING XWIND FROM THE R. GOOD TOUCHDOWN, HUMP IN RWY 27 CAUSED MINOR LIFTING, A TOUCH OF PWR AND 3 POINTS ON THE GND. THE PLT AT THE CTLS IN THE R SEAT SAW THE NOSE DRIFTING TO THE R AND STARTED TO APPLY BOTH BRAKES. AS THE ACFT SLOWED I CALLED TO PUT A LITTLE L RUDDER IN AND COME OFF THE BRAKES. THE TIMING WAS GOOD BUT THE PLT NEVER HEARD ME DUE TO EXCESSIVE RADIO TFC FROM THE TWR AND OTHER ACFT. WITH THE LEVEL OF BRAKING AN UNANTICIPATED DIPPING OF THE NOSE OCCURRED AND THE PROP TOUCHED THE RWY, ENG STOPPED AT LOW PWR AND THE ACFT SETTLED ON ITS SPINNER. THE 2 OF US EXITED AND I PUSHED THE NOSE UP AND PUT THE ACFT ON ITS 3 WHEELS AGAIN. THE 'CG' WAS GOOD, NO LOSS OF ACFT OCCURRED BUT THE ACFT DECIDED TO ROTATE AROUND THE WHEEL'S AXIS. IN THE PAST WHERE TAILDRAGGERS WERE THE GREATEST NUMBER OF ACFT IN THE NATIONAL SYS THE NOSE OVER HAPPENED QUITE OFTEN. THE ACFT IS PRIVATELY OWNED AND SELF-INSURED. THERE IS NO DOUBT OF THE COMPETENCY OF BOTH PLTS BUT TOO MUCH BRAKING AND WINDS CAUSED THE ACFT TO DIP. THE PLT AT THE CTLS HAD LITTLE TAILDRAGGER EXPERIENCE AND UNDOUBTEDLY HABIT PATTERNS OF A NOSE WHEEL NATURE CONTRIBUTED TO THE USE OF BRAKES.

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.