Small Aircraft; High Wing; 1 Eng; Fixed Gear
Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25; Flight Crew Total 750; Flight Crew Type 1
Situational Awareness; Training / Qualification
Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control
Air Traffic Control Provided Assistance; Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Regained Aircraft Control
Aircraft; Human Factors
I am the purchaser of a light aircraft. I have 750 hours of PIC time; with 650 of those hours in taildraggers. 148 hrs in a previous [similar type aircraft].I was performing a familiarization flight with the seller and was conducting my second landing in type at [an airport]; from the aircraft's previous home base. Landing was a 3 point landing. I flared too high; due to most of my time being in a much larger taildragger so I botched the landing resulting in a ground loop and fouling the runway. A bizjet performed a go around.No aircraft damage or passenger injury resulted. My aircraft was restarted after airport personnel cleared me for restart and taxi to parking.
Tail dragger pilot reported ground looping an aircraft during a checkout of a different airplane than he is used to. The aircraft was restarted and continued normally.