Musketeer 23
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Commercial
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 15; Flight Crew Total 775; Flight Crew Type 185
Other / Unknown; Human-Machine Interface
Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown; Ground Excursion Runway; Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control
Human Factors; Weather; Environment - Non Weather Related
I was landing on Runway 27. Winds were 16 knots from 190; a strong left crosswind. My previous landing had been on Runway 13; and I wanted to practice crosswind landings.I landed with the left wing low and nose high; slightly to the right of center-line. I lowered the right wing and then the nose. I raised flaps to increase brake effectiveness (per the POH).I believe the airplane initially swerved to the right. I then over-corrected and it swerved to the left. I did not have adequate directional control to stop the swerve. The aircraft left the runway into the (snow covered) grass on the left (upwind) side of the runway.There was no damage to the aircraft or to the runway lights; etc. The aircraft was removed from the snow with a tractor.I have landed in crosswinds stronger than this before. I believe the problem was a loss of directional control due to either 1) letting the nose wheel come down with a strong right rudder input or 2) inadvertent application of right brake.It is worth noting that I was using larger than normal snow boots. Next time I will change my footwear into sneakers before flying. I think this may have made it difficult to operate the rudders without toe brakes.
A Beech Musketeer 23 pilot; practicing cross wind landings was unable to arrest a swerve into the wind after touchdown and exited the runway onto snow covered grass. No damage or injury resulted. The reporter cited large snow boots as a possible contributing factor.