Pilot of C182 forgets to remove tow bar prior to takeoff. Comes off in flight and strikes stabilizer...

Attributes
ACN	797479
Time
Date	200807
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zma.artcc
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground : takeoff roll
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 18.8 flight time total : 348.8 flight time type : 74.2
ASRS Report	797479
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

I forgot to remove the tow bar from the nose gear before taking off from ZZZ. On rotation; the tow bar detached from the nose gear. After detaching from the nose gear; the tow bar hit the left outboard leading edge of the horizontal stabilizer. I only noticed this after parking the airplane at the destination airport. The way to prevent a recurrence of this situation is to perform a thorough preflight inspection.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT OF C182 FORGETS TO REMOVE TOW BAR PRIOR TO TKOF. COMES OFF IN FLIGHT AND STRIKES STABILIZER.

Narrative: I FORGOT TO REMOVE THE TOW BAR FROM THE NOSE GEAR BEFORE TAKING OFF FROM ZZZ. ON ROTATION; THE TOW BAR DETACHED FROM THE NOSE GEAR. AFTER DETACHING FROM THE NOSE GEAR; THE TOW BAR HIT THE L OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE OF THE HORIZ STABILIZER. I ONLY NOTICED THIS AFTER PARKING THE AIRPLANE AT THE DEST ARPT. THE WAY TO PREVENT A RECURRENCE OF THIS SITUATION IS TO PERFORM A THOROUGH PREFLT INSPECTION.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.