Narrative:

I was approaching to land on runway 16 at aap following a flight from tus with a stop in fst for fuel. I was flying my maule M4-22OC. The wind was gusting from the southwest to an estimated 20-25 KTS and it was turbulent as I let down on final approach. I did a wheel landing with the conventional gear airplane. As the main gear touched down a wind gust lifted the right wing. I corrected with right aileron but as I did the wind WX-vaned the nose of the airplane to the right, into the wind. The tail had just begun to settle toward the runway. As the tail went left the nose cocked to the right, pivoting on the main gear. I corrected with full left rudder. Rudder authority/authorized was insufficient to overcome the wind gust however, and the airplane went about 10 ft off the 50 ft wide runway to the right before the tail was on the ground, which allowed me to correct back onto the runway. No damage was done to the airplane and a runway light was run over by the plane's right main gear, breaking the light bulb. Contributing factors were: pilot fatigue, gusty crosswind over a tree line, relatively narrow runway, demanding airplane type in a gusty crosswind.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: M4 ROCKET PLT LOSES CTL OF ACFT DURING LNDG IN GUSTY CONDITIONS. SWERVES OFF RWY, HITS RWY LIGHT AND GETS BACK ONTO RWY.

Narrative: I WAS APCHING TO LAND ON RWY 16 AT AAP FOLLOWING A FLT FROM TUS WITH A STOP IN FST FOR FUEL. I WAS FLYING MY MAULE M4-22OC. THE WIND WAS GUSTING FROM THE SW TO AN ESTIMATED 20-25 KTS AND IT WAS TURBULENT AS I LET DOWN ON FINAL APCH. I DID A WHEEL LNDG WITH THE CONVENTIONAL GEAR AIRPLANE. AS THE MAIN GEAR TOUCHED DOWN A WIND GUST LIFTED THE R WING. I CORRECTED WITH R AILERON BUT AS I DID THE WIND WX-VANED THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE TO THE R, INTO THE WIND. THE TAIL HAD JUST BEGUN TO SETTLE TOWARD THE RWY. AS THE TAIL WENT L THE NOSE COCKED TO THE R, PIVOTING ON THE MAIN GEAR. I CORRECTED WITH FULL L RUDDER. RUDDER AUTH WAS INSUFFICIENT TO OVERCOME THE WIND GUST HOWEVER, AND THE AIRPLANE WENT ABOUT 10 FT OFF THE 50 FT WIDE RWY TO THE R BEFORE THE TAIL WAS ON THE GND, WHICH ALLOWED ME TO CORRECT BACK ONTO THE RWY. NO DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE AIRPLANE AND A RWY LIGHT WAS RUN OVER BY THE PLANE'S R MAIN GEAR, BREAKING THE LIGHT BULB. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: PLT FATIGUE, GUSTY XWIND OVER A TREE LINE, RELATIVELY NARROW RWY, DEMANDING AIRPLANE TYPE IN A GUSTY XWIND.

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.