J3 Cub
Flight Crew Flight Engineer; Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 10; Flight Crew Total 20000; Flight Crew Type 200
Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control; Ground Excursion Runway
General None Reported / Taken
Human Factors
On landing on Runway XX; winds nearly calm; departed runway to the right side about 1;000 ft. past threshold. Stopped without damage or injury.Instructor has much time in tricycle gear aircraft; very little in tailwheel aircraft; and got tailwheel endorsement over X years ago. Just prior to this flight; went up with another instructor for refamiliarization in tailwheel operations; performed 3 safe landings. On this flight; instructor had controls for a 3-point landing; had a slight bounce; and put too much attention on pitch and correcting the bounce; not enough on runway alignment; and lost directional control. Went off runway to the right at a slow speed; went 100 ft. into infield. After coordination with tower and rescue; taxiied in without further incident.Instructor will get several more landings in a tailwheel aircraft with another instructor prior to again flying a tailwheel aircraft solo or dual.
Pilot reported a runway excursion while under training for the aircraft.