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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech F33A · Billings, MT · July 17, 2001

Date: July 17, 2001 · 20:02 local
Place: Billings, MT
Airport: Billings Logan International
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N9346Q
Reported as: Beech F33A
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,475 total1,250 in this make and model50 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.

(-23) The airman attempted a takeoff with pitot cover attached. Takeoff was aborted when the pilot noticed that the airspeed indicator was inoperative. A passenger deplaned and removed the pitot cover. The airman then made a takeoff and was informed by ATC that he appeared to have a tow bar hanging from the nose of the aircraft. The aircraft then returned to the airport and landed without further incident. It was later determined that there was no damage to the aircraft. Safety program manager james cooney counseled the pilot, Mr. Lloyd frye, on July 26, 2001, regarding benefits of a thorough preflight inspection.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRMAN ATTEMPTED A TAKEOFF WITH PITOT COVER ATTACHED. TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED WHEN THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR WAS INOPERATIVE. A PASSENGER DEPLANED AND REMOVED THE PITOT COVER. THE AIRMAN THEN MADE A TAKEOFF AND WAS INFORMED BY ATC THAT HE APPEARED TO HAVE A TOW BAR HANGING FROM THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. SAFETY PROGRAM MANAGER JAMES COONEY COUNSELED THE PILOT, MR. LLOYD FRYE, ON JULY 26, 2001, REGARDING BENEFITS OF A THOROUGH PREFLIGHT INSPECTION.