Light Sport Aircraft
Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 5; Flight Crew Total 2000; Flight Crew Type 1000
Situational Awareness; Training / Qualification
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft; Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; General Maintenance Action
Procedure; Weather
I landed at a grass airstrip into the wind with a Cubcrafters Carbon Cub LSA. The wind was a nearly direct headwind as per the wind sock on the hangar at the airstrip. After landing when taxiing to the hangar I turned left and a gust of wind picked up the right wing and tail and pushed the plane up on the spinner and prop. I exited the airplane after a complete shutdown procedure and held the aircraft from overturning while help came to return the aircraft to a normal position. We then wing walked the airplane to the hangar. Wind and wind gust was a contributing factor. I then called the owner; explained the occurrence and situation and sent photos of the damage to him. The owner called back a short time later and asked if I could put a new spinner and prop on the airplane. I advised him that I was not an aircraft mechanic but I had seen and helped do this before. He previously told me that he was an IA [(Inspection Authorization)]. He had a prop and spinner overnighted to our location and text messaged the torque settings for the prop bolts and told me to check the prop track and check for normal function of the aircraft and engine. The owner requested me to fly the aircraft back to his location. This occurrence occurred during the taxiing of the aircraft to the hangar after an uneventful landing.
A gust of wind lifted a Carbon Cub LSA's right wing and tail which caused the propeller and spinner to contact the ground. The propeller and spinner were changed the next day without an engine inspection.