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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cndair CL6013A · Newark, NJ · May 30, 1996

Date: May 30, 1996 · 22:29 local
Place: Newark, NJ
Airport: Newark International
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3FE
Reported as: Cndair CL6013A
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 11,493 total410 in this make and model91 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: flight crew did not perform the proper pre-flight. Forgot to remove pitot tube covers (which were actually bicycle handle bar grips without streamers). While attempting to depart from runway 11, no airspeed indicated/crew members were in disagreement whether or not to abort the take-off. Just missing end of runway ballast fence. Declared emergency landing. Landed on runway 4 r - privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: FLIGHT CREW DID NOT PERFORM THE PROPER PRE-FLIGHT. FORGOT TO REMOVE PITOT TUBE COVERS (WHICH WERE ACTUALLY BICYCLE HANDLE BAR GRIPS WITHOUT STREAMERS). WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DEPART FROM RUNWAY 11, NO AIRSPEED INDICATED/CREW MEMBERS WERE IN DISAGREEMENT WHETHER OR NOT TO ABORT THE TAKE-OFF. JUST MISSING END OF RUNWAY BALLAST FENCE. DECLARED EMERGENCY LANDING. LANDED ON RUNWAY 4 R - ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^