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Captain of air carrier light transport aircraft returned to land shortly after takeoff due to an unknown excessive aircraft vibration.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 222655 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199209 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cvg |
| State Reference | OH |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 500 agl bound upper : 500 msl bound lower : 0 msl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : cvg |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 190 flight time total : 5500 flight time type : 800 |
| ASRS Report | 222655 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Aircraft preflted twice by first officer due to the time the aircraft spent on the ground between flts. Captain also checked gear doors and general condition of aircraft. After takeoff and after gear was retracted at approximately 500 ft AGL crew noticed slight vibration. Captain checked to see if vibration was coming from one of the engines, and instructed first officer to notify tower that aircraft was returning to airport. Vibration increased to moderate level. Vibration was isolated to the nose gear area. Aircraft landed safely and turned over to maintenance.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF ACR LTT ACFT RETURNED TO LAND SHORTLY AFTER TKOF DUE TO AN UNKNOWN EXCESSIVE ACFT VIBRATION.
Narrative: ACFT PREFLTED TWICE BY FO DUE TO THE TIME THE ACFT SPENT ON THE GND BTWN FLTS. CAPT ALSO CHKED GEAR DOORS AND GENERAL CONDITION OF ACFT. AFTER TKOF AND AFTER GEAR WAS RETRACTED AT APPROX 500 FT AGL CREW NOTICED SLIGHT VIBRATION. CAPT CHKED TO SEE IF VIBRATION WAS COMING FROM ONE OF THE ENGS, AND INSTRUCTED FO TO NOTIFY TWR THAT ACFT WAS RETURNING TO ARPT. VIBRATION INCREASED TO MODERATE LEVEL. VIBRATION WAS ISOLATED TO THE NOSE GEAR AREA. ACFT LANDED SAFELY AND TURNED OVER TO MAINT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.