Pilot of a small general aviation aircraft reported experiencing a brief loss of control during take...

Narrative:

I departed indy south greenwood. The taxiways had too much ice for my aircraft; which steers using differential braking on the mains; to steer properly. I back taxied to the 19 arrival end and noticed that there was some ice on the runway. While the runway ice was nothing like the amount of ice on the taxiway; it was some concern to me but not so much that I felt departure would be unsafe. I used the displaced threshold and was a little delayed in turning around. While there was no other traffic announcing (and the airport had essentially no traffic all day); I was still concerned about my delay in turning and departing. I was able to get nearly on centerline as I began to accelerate. I was focused on the centerline; and recalling now I believe it is possible that the runway lights went out. In my concern about my delay in turning the aircraft; I did not click the CTAF again. The plane slipped a bit on some ice during acceleration; and I believe I may have gotten off centerline. I felt another slip and rough spot but the plane was uncontrollable. I pulled back and was airborne without any further issue at that point. As I was adjusting my headset; the plastic suddenly cracked significant; I believe the extended cold weakened it. When I looked at the headset later; the plastic had broken above both earphone and both fell down off my ears. This was a distraction; but hardly overwhelming. It was enough of a distraction; though; such that as I began my turn west; I wasn't watching my altitude with respect to indy class C as closely as I should have. I was nearly at the outer ring when I saw it on my display; and I turned left abruptly. I believe I was just below 2100 ft; but I'm filing this report because it is possible that I may have penetrated class C; though I don't think so. I descended quickly to give myself an altitude buffer.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Pilot of a small General Aviation aircraft reported experiencing a brief loss of control during take off ground roll due to cluttered runway with ice patches.

Narrative: I departed Indy South Greenwood. The taxiways had too much ice for my aircraft; which steers using differential braking on the mains; to steer properly. I back taxied to the 19 arrival end and noticed that there was some ice on the runway. While the runway ice was nothing like the amount of ice on the taxiway; it was some concern to me but not so much that I felt departure would be unsafe. I used the displaced threshold and was a little delayed in turning around. While there was no other traffic announcing (and the airport had essentially no traffic all day); I was still concerned about my delay in turning and departing. I was able to get nearly on centerline as I began to accelerate. I was focused on the centerline; and recalling now I believe it is possible that the runway lights went out. In my concern about my delay in turning the aircraft; I did not click the CTAF again. The plane slipped a bit on some ice during acceleration; and I believe I may have gotten off centerline. I felt another slip and rough spot but the plane was uncontrollable. I pulled back and was airborne without any further issue at that point. As I was adjusting my headset; the plastic suddenly cracked significant; I believe the extended cold weakened it. When I looked at the headset later; the plastic had broken above both earphone and both fell down off my ears. This was a distraction; but hardly overwhelming. It was enough of a distraction; though; such that as I began my turn west; I wasn't watching my altitude with respect to Indy Class C as closely as I should have. I was nearly at the outer ring when I saw it on my display; and I turned left abruptly. I believe I was just below 2100 ft; but I'm filing this report because it is possible that I may have penetrated Class C; though I don't think so. I descended quickly to give myself an altitude buffer.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1511538
Time
Date	201801
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	IND.Airport
State Reference	IN
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Amateur/Home Built/Experimental
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb Takeoff
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Pilot of a small general aviation aircraft reported experiencing a brief loss of control during take off ground roll due to cluttered runway with ice patches.