GA small aircraft amphib broke nose wheel taxiing in soft dirt.

Attributes
ACN	171076
Time
Date	199102
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : 71v
State Reference	UT
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : dfw
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 3000 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	171076
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Taxi to turn around. Nose wheel gear on right amphibious float broke in soft dirt. In future avoid soft terrain with this gear.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GA SMA AMPHIB BROKE NOSE WHEEL TAXIING IN SOFT DIRT.

Narrative: TAXI TO TURN AROUND. NOSE WHEEL GEAR ON R AMPHIBIOUS FLOAT BROKE IN SOFT DIRT. IN FUTURE AVOID SOFT TERRAIN WITH THIS GEAR.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.