Small Aircraft; Low Wing; 1 Eng; Retractable Gear
Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30; Flight Crew Total 582; Flight Crew Type 92
Situational Awareness
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control; Ground Excursion Runway; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors; Weather; Procedure
I was landing at ZZZ with winds reporting 170-11G17 so I preceded to land on Runway 17 with no issues. Taxied to the self-service fuel pumps and topped off the plane with 11.2 gallons. Started the plane and started to taxi out to Runway 17 for departure. Received AWOS information and winds were reported as 240-12G17. I changed taxi direction to Runway 26 which would be 20 degrees off my left nose. Performed run up and started take off roll. At approximately 40 MPH I lifted the tail off the ground and the plane turned quickly to the left into the wind. I applied full right rudder and brake to straighten plane up and it would not respond quickly enough so I pulled throttle still trying to keep the plane straight. The plane went off the left edge of the runway and at that point the gear collapsed and the plane stopped. I think that if you notice the wind change direction that much in a short period of time it would be best to wait a little longer and see if they stabilize or might be changing back. Also; at low speed knowing the plane will turn into the wind first then want to drift away from the wind.
Tailwheel aircraft pilot reported a wind change during takeoff led to a loss of control; runway excursion and gear collapse.