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Pilot of homebuilt small aircraft strikes runway light on takeoff roll when available rudder control fails to provide sufficient authority to maintain runway centerline.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 795259 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200807 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : clt.tower |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Amateur (Home) Built |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | ground : takeoff roll |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 8 flight time total : 1944 flight time type : 856 |
| ASRS Report | 795259 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Weather Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
Narrative:
Departing on runway xx flying my rv-6 experimental aircraft with a direct crosswind of 10-12 KTS; full right rudder was not sufficient to maintain runway heading in the wind and with engine torque and I struck a runway light. Aircraft damage: propeller; flap and fairing. I should have used the sod runway xy or runway xz which would have enough torque working with me and not against me as on runway xx.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF HOMEBUILT SMA STRIKES RWY LIGHT ON TKOF ROLL WHEN AVAILABLE RUDDER CONTROL FAILS TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT AUTHORITY TO MAINTAIN RWY CENTERLINE.
Narrative: DEPARTING ON RWY XX FLYING MY RV-6 EXPERIMENTAL ACFT WITH A DIRECT XWIND OF 10-12 KTS; FULL R RUDDER WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN RWY HDG IN THE WIND AND WITH ENG TORQUE AND I STRUCK A RWY LIGHT. ACFT DAMAGE: PROP; FLAP AND FAIRING. I SHOULD HAVE USED THE SOD RWY XY OR RWY XZ WHICH WOULD HAVE ENOUGH TORQUE WORKING WITH ME AND NOT AGAINST ME AS ON RWY XX.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.