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Complacency on the part of the pilot of a grumman FM2 wildcat resulted in a ground loop on landing. Modest damage was incurred.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 832649 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200904 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Grumman Corp Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 45 Flight Crew Total 3000 Flight Crew Type 192 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control |
Narrative:
The problem was a loss of control on landing rollout that resulted in a partial ground loop with resultant damage to the left wingtip. Contributing factors were the unforecast crosswind that arose during the flight along with loss of focus on the pilot's part. Another aircraft in the flight cleared the runway just prior to the loss of control. It's likely the pilot of the incident aircraft relaxed just enough for a wind gust to raise the upwind wing causing the partial ground loop. To prevent a recurrence; this pilot will not allow his attention to be diverted during rollout. In addition landing technique will be modified to include maximum braking on every landing in order that a safe taxi speed will be achieved as quickly as possible. Crosswind corrections will be applied to maximum control deflection and held until the chocks are in place.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Complacency on the part of the pilot of a Grumman FM2 Wildcat resulted in a ground loop on landing. Modest damage was incurred.
Narrative: The problem was a loss of control on landing rollout that resulted in a partial ground loop with resultant damage to the left wingtip. Contributing factors were the unforecast crosswind that arose during the flight along with loss of focus on the pilot's part. Another aircraft in the flight cleared the runway just prior to the loss of control. It's likely the pilot of the incident aircraft relaxed just enough for a wind gust to raise the upwind wing causing the partial ground loop. To prevent a recurrence; this pilot will not allow his attention to be diverted during rollout. In addition landing technique will be modified to include maximum braking on every landing in order that a safe taxi speed will be achieved as quickly as possible. Crosswind corrections will be applied to maximum control deflection and held until the chocks are in place.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.