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Pilot of a PA-18, super cub nose up striking propeller when attempting to brake loose stuck wheels and brakes due to ice.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 298738 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199503 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : gfl |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | PA-18/19 Super Cub |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi landing other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 29 flight time total : 2782 flight time type : 490 |
| ASRS Report | 298738 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Plane equipped with wheel-skis had landed earlier on a frozen lake with fairly deep snow which had piled up on skis around wheels and brakes. Returning to gfl decided to land on glen lake to check if brakes had frozen. They had and wheels were locked. Kept sliding wheels on rough ice and snow to try to break them loose. Hit slushy spot- plane nosed up striking propeller. Should have stopped and freed wheels manually.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF A PA-18, SUPER CUB NOSE UP STRIKING PROP WHEN ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE LOOSE STUCK WHEELS AND BRAKES DUE TO ICE.
Narrative: PLANE EQUIPPED WITH WHEEL-SKIS HAD LANDED EARLIER ON A FROZEN LAKE WITH FAIRLY DEEP SNOW WHICH HAD PILED UP ON SKIS AROUND WHEELS AND BRAKES. RETURNING TO GFL DECIDED TO LAND ON GLEN LAKE TO CHK IF BRAKES HAD FROZEN. THEY HAD AND WHEELS WERE LOCKED. KEPT SLIDING WHEELS ON ROUGH ICE AND SNOW TO TRY TO BREAK THEM LOOSE. HIT SLUSHY SPOT- PLANE NOSED UP STRIKING PROP. SHOULD HAVE STOPPED AND FREED WHEELS MANUALLY.
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.