# Incident 19950408010139I: Beech T34B, Jacksonville, FL, April 8, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 1995, 14:00 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Jacksonville International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4940° N, 81.6878° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JACKSONVILLE INTL (JAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4940&lon=-81.6878&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20684, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20684-2006-09-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D-45 (registry code 1152012, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d-45) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH T34B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 135 total, 12 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950408010139I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: PILOT PERFORMED PREFLIGHT AND TAXIED TO RUN UP AREA. FLAPS WOULD NOT OPERATE. PILOT TAXIED BACK TO HANGAR. HAND TOW BAR WAS USED TO POSITION AIRCRAFT. THIS WAS LEFT ON AIRCRAFT. FOLLOWING REPAIRS TO FLAPS, PILOT AND PASSENGER STARTED ENGINE, TAXIED AND DEPARTED WITH THE TOW BAR STILL ON NOSE GEAR. GROUND PERSONNEL NOTICED AND NOTIFIED ATC. PILOT WAS ADVISED THAT THE TOW BAR WAS STILL ON NOSE GEAR. PILOT RETURNED TO NAS JAX AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WITH THE TOW BAR ATTACHED. PILOT COUNSELED ON PROPER PREFLIGHT PROCEDURES. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N20684 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20030118004659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030118004659A), Jan 18, 2003: Beech D45 (N20684), Robert, LA, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot reported to new orleans approach that he had lost power. New orleans approach was attempting to vector the aircraft when it crashed in a field.
- [Incident 20010902027679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010902027679I), Sep 2, 2001: Beech D45 (N20684), Keystone Height, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft landed gear up while performing a touch and go landing at Keystone. Pilot stated that he performed a prelanding check of the gear and called out…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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