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Small aircraft tailwheel aircraft pilot lost aircraft control after encountering a dust devil on landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 630285 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200409 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : 7v1.airport |
| State Reference | CO |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Weather Elements | other |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
| 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 pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time total : 20000 |
| ASRS Report | 630285 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | excursion : runway inflight encounter : weather other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Weather Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
On landing with high density altitude, lost control due to a 'dust devil.' aircraft swerved to the right and even with full application of left brake aircraft departed the right side of the runway and caused extensive damage to left wing, stabilizer, elevator, left gear. I should have reconsidered practicing lndgs with the conditions, ie, high density altitude, 7946 ft, high temperature 80 degrees F, and virga to the south. Cause: dust devil, in a tailwheel aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMA TAILWHEEL ACFT PLT LOST ACFT CTL AFTER ENCOUNTERING A DUST DEVIL ON LNDG.
Narrative: ON LNDG WITH HIGH DENSITY ALT, LOST CTL DUE TO A 'DUST DEVIL.' ACFT SWERVED TO THE R AND EVEN WITH FULL APPLICATION OF L BRAKE ACFT DEPARTED THE R SIDE OF THE RWY AND CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO L WING, STABILIZER, ELEVATOR, L GEAR. I SHOULD HAVE RECONSIDERED PRACTICING LNDGS WITH THE CONDITIONS, IE, HIGH DENSITY ALT, 7946 FT, HIGH TEMP 80 DEGS F, AND VIRGA TO THE S. CAUSE: DUST DEVIL, IN A TAILWHEEL ACFT.
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.