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Light sport aircraft pilot reported a runway excursion after extending additional flaps for additional drag during roll out.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 844558 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200907 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Light Sport Aircraft |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Trailing Edge Flap |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 3400 Flight Crew Type 30 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control |
Narrative:
On landing roll out; lowered flaps to shorten roll out. Gust of wind lifted right wing and plane rapidly exited runway onto grassy area. I think the flaps being lowered gave the plane more lift and added to the problem.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Light sport aircraft pilot reported a runway excursion after extending additional flaps for additional drag during roll out.
Narrative: On landing roll out; lowered flaps to shorten roll out. Gust of wind lifted right wing and plane rapidly exited runway onto grassy area. I think the flaps being lowered gave the plane more lift and added to the problem.
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.