A J-3 cub on skis failed to liftoff.

Attributes
ACN	264973
Time
Date	199403
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mqt
State Reference	MI
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	J3 Cub
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 1500 flight time type : 200
ASRS Report	264973
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	observation : passenger
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : far other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : rejected takeoff
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation
Situations
Airport	other physical facility procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

Aircraft is 1946 piper J-3 on skis. Pilot was in front seat, pregnant passenger in back seat. During preflight control check it was noted that aft control movement was prevented by size of passenger belly. Adjustments were made to correct the situation. All indications in runup were normal. Static power was available for takeoff, the tail was flying and takeoff run appeared normal. Passenger readjusted seat position and aft movement of stick was not possible for aircraft rotation. Takeoff was aborted at go/no-go position on runway. Tailwheel was lowered for braking. Increased angle of attack coupled with ground speed brought airplane over 2 (snow) wind rows. Aircraft struck breakaway taxi sign and plow marker. Damage to sign was $8.00. Damage to aircraft is less than $15.00. No injuries. Flight should not have begun with pregnant passenger.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A J-3 CUB ON SKIS FAILED TO LIFTOFF.

Narrative: ACFT IS 1946 PIPER J-3 ON SKIS. PLT WAS IN FRONT SEAT, PREGNANT PAX IN BACK SEAT. DURING PREFLT CTL CHK IT WAS NOTED THAT AFT CTL MOVEMENT WAS PREVENTED BY SIZE OF PAX BELLY. ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE TO CORRECT THE SIT. ALL INDICATIONS IN RUNUP WERE NORMAL. STATIC PWR WAS AVAILABLE FOR TKOF, THE TAIL WAS FLYING AND TKOF RUN APPEARED NORMAL. PAX READJUSTED SEAT POS AND AFT MOVEMENT OF STICK WAS NOT POSSIBLE FOR ACFT ROTATION. TKOF WAS ABORTED AT GO/NO-GO POS ON RWY. TAILWHEEL WAS LOWERED FOR BRAKING. INCREASED ANGLE OF ATTACK COUPLED WITH GND SPD BROUGHT AIRPLANE OVER 2 (SNOW) WIND ROWS. ACFT STRUCK BREAKAWAY TAXI SIGN AND PLOW MARKER. DAMAGE TO SIGN WAS $8.00. DAMAGE TO ACFT IS LESS THAN $15.00. NO INJURIES. FLT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEGUN WITH PREGNANT PAX.

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.