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Small transport commuter struck deployed arresting cable during takeoff. Postflt inspection revealed aircraft nose gear and tire damage.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 128371 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198911 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lmt |
| State Reference | OR |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 160 flight time total : 3200 flight time type : 1400 |
| ASRS Report | 128374 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility |
Narrative:
Departing klamath falls (lmt) at V1, aircraft struck a deployed arresting cable. There were no abnormal indications so flight was continued to next destination. Post-flight inspection revealed that the nlg wheel was bent and the right medium large transport inboard tire was damaged (retread separated). After departure the tower at lmt was advised that the cable was deployed. The controller reported to us that he had no indication that the cable was deployed. Their inspection revealed that the cable was in fact deployed. This problem was caused by a failure in the arresting cable indicating system. Apparently the cable was deployed a height of 4 inches above the runway. Our aircraft received only minor damage, but if it was a smaller aircraft or we had a smaller diameter tire, the cable could have caused the landing gear to fail and the results could have been disastrous.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMT COMMUTER STRUCK DEPLOYED ARRESTING CABLE DURING TKOF. POSTFLT INSPECTION REVEALED ACFT NOSE GEAR AND TIRE DAMAGE.
Narrative: DEPARTING KLAMATH FALLS (LMT) AT V1, ACFT STRUCK A DEPLOYED ARRESTING CABLE. THERE WERE NO ABNORMAL INDICATIONS SO FLT WAS CONTINUED TO NEXT DEST. POST-FLT INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE NLG WHEEL WAS BENT AND THE RIGHT MLG INBOARD TIRE WAS DAMAGED (RETREAD SEPARATED). AFTER DEP THE TWR AT LMT WAS ADVISED THAT THE CABLE WAS DEPLOYED. THE CTLR REPORTED TO US THAT HE HAD NO INDICATION THAT THE CABLE WAS DEPLOYED. THEIR INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE CABLE WAS IN FACT DEPLOYED. THIS PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY A FAILURE IN THE ARRESTING CABLE INDICATING SYSTEM. APPARENTLY THE CABLE WAS DEPLOYED A HEIGHT OF 4 INCHES ABOVE THE RWY. OUR ACFT RECEIVED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE, BUT IF IT WAS A SMALLER ACFT OR WE HAD A SMALLER DIAMETER TIRE, THE CABLE COULD HAVE CAUSED THE LNDG GEAR TO FAIL AND THE RESULTS COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.