<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1179006, June 2014

Pilot of C185 on floats reports the aircraft nosing over when power is added to begin a step taxi. The reporter believes that the floats may be undersized for the C185.

Attributes
ACN	1179006
Time
Date	201406
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skywagon 185
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Taxi
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 2100 Flight Crew Type 50
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

1974 C185 on edo 2790 amphib floats; 2 people on board; 70 gallons of fuel (5 knot wind to calm). After water landing; I taxied on lake for 15 minutes then went to beach to shut down; pumped the floats. I then started up; idle taxied toward center of lake; cleared area to begin a step taxi run. As soon as power was applied the prop struck water and aircraft nosed over. There was ample time to evacuate. Edo 2790 may be marginal for the C185.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Pilot of C185 on floats reports the aircraft nosing over when power is added to begin a step taxi. The reporter believes that the floats may be undersized for the C185.

Narrative: 1974 C185 on EDO 2790 Amphib floats; 2 people on board; 70 gallons of fuel (5 knot wind to calm). After water landing; I taxied on lake for 15 minutes then went to beach to shut down; pumped the floats. I then started up; idle taxied toward center of lake; cleared area to begin a step taxi run. As soon as power was applied the prop struck water and aircraft nosed over. There was ample time to evacuate. EDO 2790 may be marginal for the C185.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.