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Pilot of C177 has close encounter with coyote at liftoff. Baggage door unlocked causes return to departure airport to secure.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 579594 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200304 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cps.airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 500 agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : cps.tower tower : ord.tower |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Cardinal 177/177RG |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff ground : takeoff roll |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 20 flight time total : 1600 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 579594 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe ground encounters : animal non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : landed as precaution flight crew : took evasive action |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Environmental Factor |
| Primary Problem | Environmental Factor |
Narrative:
On departure from cps, runway 12L, noted 1) loud noise, and 2) had to take off early to avoid coyote on runway. Made left traffic to return to runway 12L, shut down, secured baggage door (unlocked), and departed runway 12R. (All with tower permission.) tower suggested I use runway 12L the second time, ignored my report of the coyote, which was still there.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF C177 HAS CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH COYOTE AT LIFTOFF. BAGGAGE DOOR UNLOCKED CAUSES RETURN TO DEP ARPT TO SECURE.
Narrative: ON DEP FROM CPS, RWY 12L, NOTED 1) LOUD NOISE, AND 2) HAD TO TAKE OFF EARLY TO AVOID COYOTE ON RWY. MADE L TFC TO RETURN TO RWY 12L, SHUT DOWN, SECURED BAGGAGE DOOR (UNLOCKED), AND DEPARTED RWY 12R. (ALL WITH TWR PERMISSION.) TWR SUGGESTED I USE RWY 12L THE SECOND TIME, IGNORED MY RPT OF THE COYOTE, WHICH WAS STILL THERE.
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.