M-7
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 51; Flight Crew Total 5180; Flight Crew Type 175
Situational Awareness; Training / Qualification
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Object; Inflight Event / Encounter Object; Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged
Procedure; Weather; Human Factors
I was flying a Maule Amphibian delivering it to the person who had purchased it from me earlier. The owner was buying the fuel for the trip. After a fuel stop; I was taking off in a strong crosswind and lost control of the aircraft due to the crosswind. I lifted the Amphibian off the runway too soon and I believe the left wing stalled due to gusty conditions and caused the Amphibian to turn south into the wind and contacted the ground with the forward parts of the floats. I feel the cause of the incident was the strong crosswind on the Amphibian aircraft. I believe that if I had kept the Amphibian on the ground a longer time and allowed the airspeed to increase before allowing the Amphibian to fly; I could have avoided this incident.
A pilot reported loosing control of a Maule Amphibian on takeoff after he lifted off to soon in a crosswind causing a wing to stall and forward parts of the floats to contact the runway.