What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot stated, " I was landing stearman privacy data omitted on runway 2. On short final I asked the tower for a wind check. The tower replied, “wind calm.” I had noticed drift on short final and had added right rudder and left aileron to compensate. I touched down normally, and when rolling past the windsock I glanced at it and noticed it was pointed across the runway, wind coming from the west. The landing was a full stall landing, three point. As we were rolling out, there was a gust of wind from the left that noticeably pushed the tail right. I compensated by adding about ¾ rudder to keep it straight. Then another gust hit the airplane and it veered sharply left off the runway. I immediately applied full right rudder, but it was ineffective in turning the airplane back to the right. The airplane left the runway and proceeded to ground loop to the left and came to a stop. Upon looking at a flag near the airplane I noticed that the wind was actually a quartering tailwind. Unkown speed, but definitely not calm."
As the FAA filed it
PILOT STATED, " I WAS LANDING STEARMAN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON RUNWAY 2. ON SHORT FINAL I ASKED THE TOWER FOR A WIND CHECK. THE TOWER REPLIED, “WIND CALM.” I HAD NOTICED DRIFT ON SHORT FINAL AND HAD ADDED RIGHT RUDDER AND LEFT AILERON TO COMPENSATE. I TOUCHED DOWN NORMALLY, AND WHEN ROLLING PAST THE WINDSOCK I GLANCED AT IT AND NOTICED IT WAS POINTED ACROSS THE RUNWAY, WIND COMING FROM THE WEST. THE LANDING WAS A FULL STALL LANDING, THREE POINT. AS WE WERE ROLLING OUT, THERE WAS A GUST OF WIND FROM THE LEFT THAT NOTICEABLY PUSHED THE TAIL RIGHT. I COMPENSATED BY ADDING ABOUT ¾ RUDDER TO KEEP IT STRAIGHT. THEN ANOTHER GUST HIT THE AIRPLANE AND IT VEERED SHARPLY LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY. I IMMEDIATELY APPLIED FULL RIGHT RUDDER, BUT IT WAS INEFFECTIVE IN TURNING THE AIRPLANE BACK TO THE RIGHT. THE AIRPLANE LEFT THE RUNWAY AND PROCEEDED TO GROUND LOOP TO THE LEFT AND CAME TO A STOP. UPON LOOKING AT A FLAG NEAR THE AIRPLANE I NOTICED THAT THE WIND WAS ACTUALLY A QUARTERING TAILWIND. UNKOWN SPEED, BUT DEFINITELY NOT CALM."
Other reports on N1068N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.