SMA PLT RPTS EXTREME PRESSURES PLACED ON PLT TO PERFORM CONCURRENT TKOFS WITH PAXS WITHOUT ANY WT AND BAL CHKS.

Date: 1992-08 · Aircraft: Small Aircraft; Low Wing; 1 Eng; Retractable Gear

Anomalies: conflict-ground-conflict|less-severe|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|inflight-event-encounter-cftt-cfit|other-unspecified

Synopsis

SMA PLT RPTS EXTREME PRESSURES PLACED ON PLT TO PERFORM CONCURRENT TKOFS WITH PAXS WITHOUT ANY WT AND BAL CHKS.

Narrative

HOW THE PROBLEM AROSE -- OPEN HOUSE 5 CENT A POUND RIDES. OWNER OF FBO PRESSURING ALL DAY 'FLY SHORTER FLY MORE PEOPLE. DON'T TAKE OFF WITHOUT 3 PEOPLE.' OVER AND OVER. SMA ACFT OWNER FUELED PLANE. I HAD BEEN FLYING IT WITH 2- 3 PEOPLE -- NOT FULL FUEL THE LOAD GIVEN TO ME I DIDN'T EXCEPT. THE OWNER AND HELPERS COME UP WITH A SINGLE IN THE CROWD -- A HVY ADULT. I ASKED IF WE HAD FULL FUEL THE OWNER SAID NO -- HE DIDN'T FILL IT FULL. I'D BE OKAY. A PRESSURE SITUATION AROSE. I ACCEPTED THE SITUATION RELUCTANTLY. THE TKOF SITUATION WAS -- WE GOT AIRBORNE AND I KNEW IT WAS A BAD SITUATION CLB PERFORMANCE TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. SHALLOW TURN TO LOWER TERRAIN AND SAFE EMER LNDG SITUATION ESTABLISHED A 50 FPM CLB -- GENTLE CLB AND OVER LOW TERRAIN -- NO EMER AROSE BUT THE SITUATION WAS UNCOMFORTABLE. PRESSURE OVER AND OVER -- I WILL NEVER AGAIN ACCEPT AN UNREASONABLE UNSAFE SITUATION. I TALKED WITH THE OWNER -- LET HIM KNOW OF THE PRESSURE HE WAS GIVING ME ABOUT THE PLANE I WAS FLYING; ABOUT DENSITY ALT AND WT.

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