20080126014549I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lear 35A · Seattle, WA · January 26, 2008

Date
January 26, 2008 · 21:57 local
Place
Seattle, WA
Airport
Boeing Field/King County International
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
EPDA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N353EF
Reported as
Lear 35A
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,227 total2,344 in this make and model37 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) Weather conditions upon take-off from wrangell, AK had moderate to heavy snowfall. Crew taxied to departure end of runway, set the parking brake and reviewed departure and obstacle procedures. PIC called for line up checklist and crew completed checklist except parking brake release. PIC set take-off thrust and noticed an unusual amount of drag during take-off roll. The flight crew also noticed that the take-off thrust was below the minimum for take-off and the PIC had to push hard on throttles to advance throttles to power setting. Crew decided to continue take-off and during climbout the crew noticed parking brake handle was still pulled out and realized the parking brake was completely or partially still set. See attached statments for further info. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WEATHER CONDITIONS UPON TAKE-OFF FROM WRANGELL, AK HAD MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL. CREW TAXIED TO DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY, SET THE PARKING BRAKE AND REVIEWED DEPARTURE AND OBSTACLE PROCEDURES. PIC CALLED FOR LINE UP CHECKLIST AND CREW COMPLETED CHECKLIST EXCEPT PARKING BRAKE RELEASE. PIC SET TAKE-OFF THRUST AND NOTICED AN UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF DRAG DURING TAKE-OFF ROLL. THE FLIGHT CREW ALSO NOTICED THAT THE TAKE-OFF THRUST WAS BELOW THE MINIMUM FOR TAKE-OFF AND THE PIC HAD TO PUSH HARD ON THROTTLES TO ADVANCE THROTTLES TO POWER SETTING. CREW DECIDED TO CONTINUE TAKE-OFF AND DURING CLIMBOUT THE CREW NOTICED PARKING BRAKE HANDLE WAS STILL PULLED OUT AND REALIZED THE PARKING BRAKE WAS COMPLETELY OR PARTIALLY STILL SET. SEE ATTACHED STATMENTS FOR FURTHER INFO. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^