2024-05 · NASA ASRS report 2116589
PC12 pilot reported an AOA failure after lifting off the runway caused a stall indication so they stopped climb and landed the aircraft.
Cleared to line up and wait on Runway XXL then we got our take off clearance. Flight idle was set. Captain went through the line up checks. Once they were complete; I increased power to our take off power setting; it got to 42-43 PSI on the torque; 50 knots crossed checked them Captain called rotate at 83KTS smoothly rotated maybe about 40 feet off the ground. We get a stall indication. I look at the Dynamic Speed Bug (DSB) and it's all the way to the top. Airspeed looked fine once we got the stall indication I pitched the nose straight and level; airspeed was showing 115 kts. I then get a shaker. Captain announces abort takeoff and says my controls. He pulled the power back at this point; we are still within 50 feet of the runway. He then lands the aircraft back on the runway having to put a little bit of beta in to get the aircraft to touch down because we had a good amount of airspeed. We declare aborted takeoff to tower. They asked if we needed assistance. We said no just waiting on company for a tow. We talked to passengers explained to them the situation; asked if they were okay. They all were fine. We notified them that we will be having the company pick them up in the van and get them on the next flight out. We asked tower for permission to open the door to get airflow for the passengers and it was approved. We waited about 30 minutes for the van to come as well as the tow. We were then towed back to our hanger. We first talked to our maintenance guys to explain to them about what had happened. We came to the conclusion with them that it was probably our AOA vain that got stuck therefore telling the aircraft we were stalling. Captain and I debriefed the whole situation together; everything that we both saw and explained our situation to company. Cause: AOA sensor fail indicating stall Suggestions: Maintenance on the AOA sensor
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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