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An inexperienced pilot lost control of the skyraider lsa on landing. Some damage occurred when the aircraft exited the runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 890219 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201005 |
| 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 |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 8.2 Flight Crew Total 545 Flight Crew Type 2.8 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Excursion Runway |
Narrative:
After practicing landings on a grass strip I returned to the departure airport. Upon landing on its hard surface I was a little fast on touchdown and the oversize turf tires grabbed faster than anticipated. The plane turned to the left and I did not have enough rudder control to straighten the plane out and was too slow on the brake. The plane swung around to the left and the large turf tires grabbed the pavement and bent the landing gear. On exiting the runway the gear collapsed and caused a prop strike. Having flown this light; single seat plane; for only 2.8 hours and most landings on turf left me a little unprepared for hard surface landings. I have contacted an instructor for more tail wheel instruction.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An inexperienced pilot lost control of the Skyraider LSA on landing. Some damage occurred when the aircraft exited the runway.
Narrative: After practicing landings on a grass strip I returned to the departure airport. Upon landing on its hard surface I was a little fast on touchdown and the oversize turf tires grabbed faster than anticipated. The plane turned to the left and I did not have enough rudder control to straighten the plane out and was too slow on the brake. The plane swung around to the left and the large turf tires grabbed the pavement and bent the landing gear. On exiting the runway the gear collapsed and caused a prop strike. Having flown this light; single seat plane; for only 2.8 hours and most landings on turf left me a little unprepared for hard surface landings. I have contacted an instructor for more tail wheel instruction.
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.