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During takeoff on lake hood channel, PA12 float plane loses directional control. Aborts takeoff and taxies back to tie down and determines damage to skeg.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 512970 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200105 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lhd.airport |
| State Reference | AK |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Piper Aircraft Corp Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 1100 flight time type : 800 |
| ASRS Report | 512970 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter other other anomaly |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : exited adverse environment flight crew : rejected takeoff |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Weather |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
Narrative:
During takeoff in float equipment PA12 on lake hood in 200 ft wide channel in 18+ mph crosswind. Failed to maintain directional control. Shut down engine and aborted takeoff. Slid up on bank (no damage to aircraft) pushed plane back in water, taxied back to tie down to check for damage to floats that couldn't be seen. Slight damage to skeg: repaired.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DURING TKOF ON LAKE HOOD CHANNEL, PA12 FLOAT PLANE LOSES DIRECTIONAL CTL. ABORTS TKOF AND TAXIES BACK TO TIE DOWN AND DETERMINES DAMAGE TO SKEG.
Narrative: DURING TKOF IN FLOAT EQUIP PA12 ON LAKE HOOD IN 200 FT WIDE CHANNEL IN 18+ MPH XWIND. FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CTL. SHUT DOWN ENGINE AND ABORTED TKOF. SLID UP ON BANK (NO DAMAGE TO ACFT) PUSHED PLANE BACK IN WATER, TAXIED BACK TO TIE DOWN TO CHK FOR DAMAGE TO FLOATS THAT COULDN'T BE SEEN. SLIGHT DAMAGE TO SKEG: REPAIRED.
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.