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Pilot of an small aircraft sel tailwheel aircraft lost control of aircraft during a wheel landing and went off the side of the runway into a ditch. There was no personal injury, but the aircraft's engine, engine cowling, propeller and landing gear were damaged which classified this as an incident.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 383267 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199710 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : o17 |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : instrument pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 40 flight time total : 1700 flight time type : 58 |
| ASRS Report | 383267 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Tail dragger. Wheel landing on runway 25. Tail had settled down on wheel under control. Aircraft right wing lifted up and aircraft started turning left. I gave hard right rudder to no avail. Right aileron could not control wing. Ran off runway (left) and into ditch between taxiway and runway. Large rocks in ditch ripped off landing gear. Propeller strike on rocks. No passenger in aircraft (only pilot). No one hurt. Extensive damage to engine, propeller, engine cowling, and landing gear.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF AN SMA SEL TAILWHEEL ACFT LOST CTL OF ACFT DURING A WHEEL LNDG AND WENT OFF THE SIDE OF THE RWY INTO A DITCH. THERE WAS NO PERSONAL INJURY, BUT THE ACFT'S ENG, ENG COWLING, PROP AND LNDG GEAR WERE DAMAGED WHICH CLASSIFIED THIS AS AN INCIDENT.
Narrative: TAIL DRAGGER. WHEEL LNDG ON RWY 25. TAIL HAD SETTLED DOWN ON WHEEL UNDER CTL. ACFT R WING LIFTED UP AND ACFT STARTED TURNING L. I GAVE HARD R RUDDER TO NO AVAIL. R AILERON COULD NOT CTL WING. RAN OFF RWY (L) AND INTO DITCH BTWN TXWY AND RWY. LARGE ROCKS IN DITCH RIPPED OFF LNDG GEAR. PROP STRIKE ON ROCKS. NO PAX IN ACFT (ONLY PLT). NO ONE HURT. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO ENG, PROP, ENG COWLING, AND LNDG GEAR.
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.