Extra 200/300 Series
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 7; Flight Crew Total 980; Flight Crew Type 200
Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control; Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged
Human Factors
Suffice it to say that after touching down on a good 3-point landing with full control of the aircraft; on the rollout my left sneaker briefly got stuck on the left rudder pedal and then it started to lose the footing as I did the left-right; left-right continuous tapping that is required to control a tailwheel on the ground. So; with the tapping that is required in a tailwheel; with each tap after getting stuck; the left foot came more and more off the pedal; but I had to keep tapping to control the aircraft. While I slowed the aircraft down a lot; when my foot finally popped off the rudder pedal; the plane did about a ¼ loop to the left and the left landing gear snapped (as it is supposed to do when it receives excess side stress) and the left aileron scraped the runway. There was no real other damage [to the aircraft]; or to the runway; or any other aircraft. There were no injuries at all. As soon as the plane stopped; I turned the master and mags (magnetos) off and rotated the fuel lever into the off position.
Tailwheel pilot reported that during landing rollout their shoe became stuck on the rudder pedal and eventually slipped off resulting in a partial group loop.