Aeronca Champion
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Commercial
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 40; Flight Crew Total 600; Flight Crew Type 65
Situational Awareness
Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control; Ground Excursion Runway; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
General None Reported / Taken
Human Factors; Weather
On landing; the plane was blown to the right of [the] runway and the right main landing gear scraped the grass. No visible damage was found on the plane. A rut was left in the grass. Winds were 90 degrees off the runway gusting to 19 kts.
Aeronca 65CA pilot reported loss of directional control in gusty wind conditions that resulted in a runway excursion during landing.