CH750 / Cruzer
Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 0; Flight Crew Type 0
Situational Awareness; Troubleshooting
Deviation - Speed All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence; Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft; Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control; Ground Excursion Runway
Air Traffic Control Issued Advisory / Alert
Weather
Taxi test. Taxied on parking area - turning maneuvers and braking - the wind was light maybe 6 - 8 knots. Took it down the runway 3 times. The last trip down to run-up area could feel wind really pushing me. Decided to return to hangar. Gust caused a steep pitching motion; tried to counter with down to level. But airspeed had dropped and stalled -landing on hard on side of runway. No injury. Had to shut ELT off. One of the pilots called them to tell everything was OK. [Another pilot] told me the wind picked up suddenly and gusting to more than 22 knots also one witness observed it. [A local pilot] that came out wondering if my ELT was transmitting. I told him I had turned it off. Center had called him to investigate it. He called them and told them everything was OK.
Private Pilot reported loss of control during a taxi test due to a wind gust.