Small aircraft veered off runway on landing.

Attributes
ACN	435951
Time
Date	199904
Day	Tue
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
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Champion Citabria 7ECA
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot oversight : pic
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 19 flight time total : 1943 flight time type : 175
ASRS Report	435951
Events
Anomaly	excursion : runway other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Airplane WX vaned into wind. We left runway and crossed ditch parallel to runway. Ditch was deep and propeller struck side of ditch, bending propeller. Airplane was traveling on right wheel only until 10 ft short of ditch because stick was full right trying to maintain alignment with runway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA VEERED OFF RWY ON LNDG.

Narrative: AIRPLANE WX VANED INTO WIND. WE LEFT RWY AND CROSSED DITCH PARALLEL TO RWY. DITCH WAS DEEP AND PROP STRUCK SIDE OF DITCH, BENDING PROP. AIRPLANE WAS TRAVELING ON R WHEEL ONLY UNTIL 10 FT SHORT OF DITCH BECAUSE STICK WAS FULL R TRYING TO MAINTAIN ALIGNMENT WITH 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.