Scary Moment
Managed to scare the bejaysus out of myself this week and am a little confused about what went wrong. Had about 12 knots crosswind component on a wet runway, and used a combination of crab on final with a transition to wing down at about 300 ft. Touched on the upwind main first then got all the rubber on so thus far everything was proceeding according to plan.
As detailed by my instructor during numerous practise sessions I continued to hold into wind aileron during the landing roll, ie continue flying the aircraft, but when I touched the brakes the aircraft started to weathercock quite dramatically. Suffice to say that a good approach and landing was somewhat marred by my snaking down the runway. At one point I thought the wingtip would strike but happily I managed to escape with nothing more than severely bruised pride and sweaty palms.
Later on it was explained to me that holding into wind aileron reduced the lift on the into wind wing thus creating more friction force on the upwind tyre. Consequently this had the effect of encouraging a weathercocking action. This is at variance with what I have been doing all along so am I missing something.
Would appreciate any advice from more experienced pilots