Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 22; Flight Crew Total 262; Flight Crew Type 232
Situational Awareness; Training / Qualification
Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft; Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; General Evacuated
Weather; Environment - Non Weather Related; Human Factors
I departed flying VFR on a pleasure flight with one of my daughters. We headed north to land on one of the several plowed ice roads. I have done this on earlier occasions as it is commonplace in the winter. I did a low pass over the road I selected that was away from people; ice houses; traffic; to allow for a landing into the wind (210 at 4 knots when I departed) and to check the condition of the road. I went back around in a normal left hand pattern and landed intending to do a touch and go. I configured the plane for a soft field takeoff; reapplied power and began accelerating. Shortly before rotating I ran over a bump in the road causing the plane to veer left slightly. I applied full right rudder; and attempted to rotate as I had reached 55-60 knots. At that point the left main wheel contacted the snow and pulled the plane to the left into the snow. It immediately slowed down and then nosed over onto its back. I shut off both masters; the mags; the fuel and pulled the throttle and mixture out after making sure my daughter was fine. We then exited the airplane. Having done landings like this before I was prepared for it and was focused on staying away from people and the traffic. In hindsight I believe there were other; wider roads that would have been a better option and would have led to a different outcome.
A C172 pilot lost control of his aircraft following a touch and go landing on an ice road when a wheel struck a snow bank and the aircraft flipped over on its back.