<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1525702, March 2018

PA-28-181 pilot reported losing control of the aircraft during the takeoff roll due to a patch of ice.

Attributes
ACN	1525702
Time
Date	201803
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	PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Nose Gear
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 950 Flight Crew Type 944
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control

Narrative:

During takeoff roll from ZZZ airport the aircraft veered/slid left and I tried to correct with more right rudder. As right rudder was applied the left main wheel entered a snow drift/snow bank which in turn caught the wheel and prevented it from exiting the snow bank. Pilot applied more right rudder to exit snow however the left main wheel was firmly secured which sent the aircraft sliding to the left. The nose wheel was side loaded due to the left slide and subsequently collapsed. The aircraft did not depart the runway but due to the collapse there was a prop strike. Initial look at aircraft did not show any damage to firewall or aircraft structure.after incident and a look at the runway it looks like the aircraft hit a patch of ice during roll which facilitated the initial slide to the left. Due to the high rate of speed at the time the aircraft moved left there wasn't enough time to avoid the snow bank/drift.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PA-28-181 pilot reported losing control of the aircraft during the takeoff roll due to a patch of ice.

Narrative: During takeoff roll from ZZZ airport the aircraft veered/slid left and I tried to correct with more right rudder. As right rudder was applied the left main wheel entered a snow drift/snow bank which in turn caught the wheel and prevented it from exiting the snow bank. Pilot applied more right rudder to exit snow however the left main wheel was firmly secured which sent the aircraft sliding to the left. The nose wheel was side loaded due to the left slide and subsequently collapsed. The aircraft did not depart the runway but due to the collapse there was a prop strike. Initial look at aircraft did not show any damage to firewall or aircraft structure.After incident and a look at the runway it looks like the aircraft hit a patch of ice during roll which facilitated the initial slide to the left. Due to the high rate of speed at the time the aircraft moved left there wasn't enough time to avoid the snow bank/drift.

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.