20171028021819I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-235 · Grand Prairie, TX · October 28, 2017

Date: October 28, 2017 · 07:40 local
Place: Grand Prairie, TX
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N622MK
Reported as: Piper PA-28-235
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 20,800 total250 in this make and model150 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.

On October 28, 2017, at approximately 0740, privacy data omittedoperator privacy data omitted departed runway 35 at the Grand Prairie municipal airport (gpm) with a heading to the east. privacy data omitted Then circled around and requested a flyby to verify if something was attached to the nose gear of the aircraft, because he was experiencing an unusual vibration. ATC confirmed that something was attached to the nose gear and the owner returned and landed the aircraft.

The owner exited the aircraft and found the tow bar was still attached to the nose gear, he then realized that 3 propeller blades had struck the handle of the tow bar.

As the FAA filed it

ON OCTOBER 28, 2017, AT APPROXIMATELY 0740, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^OPERATOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED RUNWAY 35 AT THE GRAND PRAIRIE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (GPM) WITH A HEADING TO THE EAST. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN CIRCLED AROUND AND REQUESTED A FLYBY TO VERIFY IF SOMETHING WAS ATTACHED TO THE NOSE GEAR OF THE AIRCRAFT, BECAUSE HE WAS EXPERIENCING AN UNUSUAL VIBRATION. ATC CONFIRMED THAT SOMETHING WAS ATTACHED TO THE NOSE GEAR AND THE OWNER RETURNED AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT.

THE OWNER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND THE TOW BAR WAS STILL ATTACHED TO THE NOSE GEAR, HE THEN REALIZED THAT 3 PROPELLER BLADES HAD STRUCK THE HANDLE OF THE TOW BAR.