Amateur/Home Built/Experimental
Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 31; Flight Crew Total 1165; Flight Crew Type 644
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control; Ground Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence; Ground Excursion Runway
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Regained Aircraft Control; General Flight Cancelled / Delayed
Aircraft; Weather; Human Factors
I experienced a ground loop. Wind was 260 at 8kts; and tower had me land on Runway 16. My plane has conventional gear. I got my right wheel down; then the left wheel; then the tail wheel; retracted flaps. Suddenly the plane turned right into the wind; despite my pressing left brake.We ended up in the weeds of the runway safety area; about 50 feet from the runway but facing towards it. I did not drag a wing tip or strike the prop. Neither I nor my passenger suffered any injury. Got grass between the left tire and the rim; and a shallow gouge in the tire's inner sidewall where it took off the brake bleeder valve. No other damage to the aircraft. Could start up; but could not taxi straight. Operations / Fire towed me back to my hangar. I called Tower with a report as requested; and gave a report to the Operations / Fire agent. I suspect I failed to keep the control stick into the wind on roll-out.
Glasair GlaStar 1 pilot reported a ground loop after landing caused by winds.