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Relying on inaccurate information from ground personnel, flight crew taxies and takes off with tailstand still attached to aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 440577 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199906 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : hrl.airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : grr.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Transport, High Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 9500 flight time type : 3800 |
| ASRS Report | 440577 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : company policies other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
After takeoff, we were notified by company that we still had the tailstand on aircraft. On returning, we did indeed. The checklists were accomplished properly, but the ramper had shown me a tailstand not in use, while the other was still attached.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: RELYING ON INACCURATE INFO FROM GND PERSONNEL, FLC TAXIES AND TAKES OFF WITH TAILSTAND STILL ATTACHED TO ACFT.
Narrative: AFTER TKOF, WE WERE NOTIFIED BY COMPANY THAT WE STILL HAD THE TAILSTAND ON ACFT. ON RETURNING, WE DID INDEED. THE CHKLISTS WERE ACCOMPLISHED PROPERLY, BUT THE RAMPER HAD SHOWN ME A TAILSTAND NOT IN USE, WHILE THE OTHER WAS STILL ATTACHED.
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.