Also glad you are ok and hopefully did not hurt the plane. I had ground looped a friend of mine's plane a year or so ago and definitely scared the _____ out of myself. But there was no damage and it turned out to be a control issue (only partially me).
So, as the tower said, "no harm no foul". And because of this stupid weather - really? hitting the only time I need clear skies to be? Looks as if I am going to come to Mount Vernon in a Dodge truck. Bit of a bummer, but I made the decision to come. and I am not changing my mind. See ya'll there. Ray_pilot New Orleans On Mon, Sep 9, 2024 at 1:20 AM Luis Claudio via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > Well, it was bound to happen... this past Saturday, the weather cleared > enough for me to try another flight around the pattern, and so I kick the > tires and lit the fires, and off I went... AWOS reported a crosswind from > the West at about 12 to 14kts. We were using runway 36 to the North. I felt > that 14kts was about my personal limit. I was still learning to fly my > airplane and did not want to push it. > > Everything was going great, as I lined up and accelerated down the runway > for takeoff. At about 35kts, I started lifting the tail, made a small > correction to the left to counter the wind effect to my right, when I was > hammered by what I thought was a blown tire... I was tossed in the cockpit > hurting my hip, and the airplane swerved sharply to the left... I managed > to recover back towards the center of the runway, just as I was hit again. > the second gust was much more severe. > > I made two full circles but managed to keep the airplane on the runway. > The airplane came to a stop shortly still on the runway and I taxied it off > to the ramp. I called the tower to see if I had a violation or anything and > they just told me to have a good life... no harm no foul. > > I later found that since my last weather inquiry on the AWOS, the wind > gust had increased to 23kts which were way beyond my level of crosswind > comfort. I called John Shaffer and talked to him a little just to calm > myself. He then reminded me as to why he flies a nosewheel airplane... > > My airplane now sits in my hanger till i have a chance to do a thorough > inspection. My hip hurts like crap and I hope I can recover enough to make > it to Mount Vernon. > > Luis > -- > KRnet mailing list > KRnet@list.krnet.org > https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet >
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