Cyclic Hotline
19th Jul 2001, 19:45
Below is an FAA accident report containing the detail of this woeful tale. :eek:
The Beech Bonanza had aborted it's take-off after noting that there was no airspeed indication on the take-off roll. The problem was remedied by removing the pitot cover!
No problem now, as everything was complete and prepared for flight. The moral is to never, ever fail to do a complete and thorough preflight.
On the second attempt, the aircraft succesfully took-off, only to immediately return to the field because the TOW-BAR had gone through the prop!
Some people should simply stay on the ground, some should be forced to stay on the ground! :confused:
Just to prove this is a real story...........
. Reg. No.: 9046Q M/M: BE33 Desc: 33 Debonair, Bonanza (E-24)
Activity: Unknown Phase: Landing GA-A/C: General Aviation
Descr: ACFT LANDED WITH THE NOSE WHEEL TOW BAR STILL ATTACHED, IT HAD PREVIOUSLY ABORTED A TAKE-OFF TO REMOVE THE PITOT COVER, AND THE ACFT SUSTAINED PROPELLER DAMAGE, BILLINGS, MT.
WX: BIL 0056Z 16007KT 10SM FEW080 SCT095 BKN120 27/08 A2973
Damage: Minor
C2. Injury Data: # Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 2 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
D. Location. City: BILLINGS State: MT Country: US
E. Event Date: 7/17/01 Time: 0202
F. Invest Coverage. IIC: Reg/DO: NM05 DO City: HELENA
G. Flt Handling. Dep Pt: BILLINGS, MT Dep Date: 7/17/01 Time:
Dest: BILLINGS, MT Last Radio Cont: FA 10L BIL ATCT Flt Plan: NONE
Last Clearance: CLRD TO LAND WX Briefing: N
The Beech Bonanza had aborted it's take-off after noting that there was no airspeed indication on the take-off roll. The problem was remedied by removing the pitot cover!
No problem now, as everything was complete and prepared for flight. The moral is to never, ever fail to do a complete and thorough preflight.
On the second attempt, the aircraft succesfully took-off, only to immediately return to the field because the TOW-BAR had gone through the prop!
Some people should simply stay on the ground, some should be forced to stay on the ground! :confused:
Just to prove this is a real story...........
. Reg. No.: 9046Q M/M: BE33 Desc: 33 Debonair, Bonanza (E-24)
Activity: Unknown Phase: Landing GA-A/C: General Aviation
Descr: ACFT LANDED WITH THE NOSE WHEEL TOW BAR STILL ATTACHED, IT HAD PREVIOUSLY ABORTED A TAKE-OFF TO REMOVE THE PITOT COVER, AND THE ACFT SUSTAINED PROPELLER DAMAGE, BILLINGS, MT.
WX: BIL 0056Z 16007KT 10SM FEW080 SCT095 BKN120 27/08 A2973
Damage: Minor
C2. Injury Data: # Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 2 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
D. Location. City: BILLINGS State: MT Country: US
E. Event Date: 7/17/01 Time: 0202
F. Invest Coverage. IIC: Reg/DO: NM05 DO City: HELENA
G. Flt Handling. Dep Pt: BILLINGS, MT Dep Date: 7/17/01 Time:
Dest: BILLINGS, MT Last Radio Cont: FA 10L BIL ATCT Flt Plan: NONE
Last Clearance: CLRD TO LAND WX Briefing: N