A private pilot in a citabria left the runway and went into a ditch at mgc, in.

Attributes
ACN	435647
Time
Date	199904
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mgc.airport
State Reference	IN
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Champion Citabria 7ECA
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 13 flight time total : 125 flight time type : 43
ASRS Report	435647
Events
Anomaly	excursion : runway other anomaly
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Weather Airport Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I feel that after touchdown and during rollout a gust of wind came from the east giving me a quartering tailwind against my rudder. This caused the nose of my plane to head south into the ditch approximately 12 ft from and parallel to the runway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A PVT PLT IN A CITABRIA LEFT THE RWY AND WENT INTO A DITCH AT MGC, IN.

Narrative: I FEEL THAT AFTER TOUCHDOWN AND DURING ROLLOUT A GUST OF WIND CAME FROM THE E GIVING ME A QUARTERING TAILWIND AGAINST MY RUDDER. THIS CAUSED THE NOSE OF MY PLANE TO HEAD S INTO THE DITCH APPROX 12 FT FROM AND PARALLEL TO THE RWY.

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.