20241109018749I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cirrus Design SR22 · Toughkenamon, PA · November 9, 2024

Date
November 9, 2024 · 17:30 local
Place
Toughkenamon, PA
Airport
New Garden
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N224CZ
Reported as
Cirrus Design SR22
Reported engine
Continental IO-550-E
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
345 total210 in this make and model18 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.

Pilot-in-command (PIC) performed preflight. PIC decided then to fuel aircraft prior to departure and installed tow bar while waiting for the congestion at the fuel farm to alleviate.

PIC elected to not fuel aircraft due to constant congestion at fuel farm and personal time constraints. The PIC did not perform another preflight of the aircraft prior to engine start, taxied aircraft to the active runway, performed enigine run-up, and taxied onto the runway to depart. As full power was applied for take-off, the tow bar made contact with the propeller which damaged all four propeller blades. The take-off was subsequently rejected.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC) PERFORMED PREFLIGHT. PIC DECIDED THEN TO FUEL AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO DEPARTURE AND INSTALLED TOW BAR WHILE WAITING FOR THE CONGESTION AT THE FUEL FARM TO ALLEVIATE.

PIC ELECTED TO NOT FUEL AIRCRAFT DUE TO CONSTANT CONGESTION AT FUEL FARM AND PERSONAL TIME CONSTRAINTS. THE PIC DID NOT PERFORM ANOTHER PREFLIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO ENGINE START, TAXIED AIRCRAFT TO THE ACTIVE RUNWAY, PERFORMED ENIGINE RUN-UP, AND TAXIED ONTO THE RUNWAY TO DEPART. AS FULL POWER WAS APPLIED FOR TAKE-OFF, THE TOW BAR MADE CONTACT WITH THE PROPELLER WHICH DAMAGED ALL FOUR PROPELLER BLADES. THE TAKE-OFF WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REJECTED.