# Incident 20081225854159I: Cessna 560CESSNA, Springfield, IL, December 25, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 25, 2008, 12:14 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Airport: Abraham Lincoln Capital
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8446° N, 89.6776° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ABRAHAM LINCOLN CAPITAL (SPI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8446&lon=-89.6776&mi=10
- Aircraft: N561JS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N561JS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 560 (registry code 2076750, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-560) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-5D (registry code 52192, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-5d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 560CESSNA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,700 total, 4,700 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081225854159I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF N561JS, A CE-560 AIRCRAFT, TOWED HIS AIRCRAFT FROM A HANGAR IN PREPARATION FOR FLIGHT BUT NEGLECTED TO REMOVE THE TOW BAR WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO THE FRONT NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY.  THE PILOT THEN ENTERED HIS AIRCRAFT AND BEGAN TO TAXI TO THE ACTIVE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT WAS NOT AWARE OF THE TOW BAR AFFIXED TO THE FRONT WHEEL AS HE TAXIED TO THE ACTIVE RUNWAY NOR DID THE SPRINGFIELD ATC CONTROLLER NOTICE THE DEVICE.  SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PILOT CONDUCTED A TAKEOFF MANEUVER FROM RUNWAY 13 AT THE SPRINGFIELD AIRPORT WITH THE TOW BAR STILL ATTACHED TO THE AIRCRAFTS NOSE WHEEL.  THE SPRINGFIELD ATC CONTROLLER NOTICED THE DEVICE AS THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED FROM THE RUNWAY AND NOTIFIED THE PILOT THAT IT APPEARED SOMETHING WAS ATTACHED TO THE NOSE WHEEL.  THE PILOT ELECTED NOT TO RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR AND RETURNED TO THE RUNWAY FOR A LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER  INCIDENT AND THE PILOT TAXIED HIS AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE HANGAR FOR INSPECTION.  THE PILOT NOTED THE ANOMALY, REMOVED THE TOW BAR, AND INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT.  NO DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT AND THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED TO CLOSE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

## Other reports on N561JS (1)

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

- [Incident 20080301012449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080301012449I), Mar 1, 2008: Cessna 560CESSNA (N561JS), St Louis, MO, Minor damage. (-23) At touchdown while landing on runway 26L at ksus, in the touchdown zone, the aircraft pulled hard to the right. The pilot used full left rudder and left…

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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