THE FLC TOOK OFF WITH THE PITOT COVER INSTALLED. THE FLC RETURNED AND LANDED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE RADAR CTLR.
Synopsis
THE FLC TOOK OFF WITH THE PITOT COVER INSTALLED. THE FLC RETURNED AND LANDED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE RADAR CTLR.
Narrative
SORTIE WAS INITIALLY PLANNED AS AN IFR DEP FROM MEM AT XA45L TO ARRIVE EWR FOR A QUICK TURN; XD15L DEP WITH 1 PAX; AND RETURN TO MEM. SOON AFTER LNDG AT EWR THE AIR CREW WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE DEP TIME WAS NOT XD15L; BUT XP15L. THE ACFT WAS SHUT DOWN; SECURED AND PITOT TUBE COVERS WERE INSTALLED. AIR CREW DEPARTED THE FBO AND CHKED INTO THE ARPT HOTEL FOR DAY ROOMS. AIR CREW ARRIVED AT THE FBO APPROX XN30L TO ACCOMPLISH ABBREVIATED CHKS; EXCLUDING AN EXTERIOR INSPECTION; DUE TO THE FACT THAT AN EXTERIOR INSPECTION HAD ALREADY BEEN ACCOMPLISHED FOR THE FIRST FLT OF THE DAY; AND PREPARED FOR AN XP30L TKOF. ENG START AND TAXI WERE UNEVENTFUL. ALL NORMAL CHKS WERE ACCOMPLISHED TO INCLUDE A TKOF BRIEFING. AIR CREW WAS CLRED FOR TKOF ON RWY 11 FOR AN EWR5 DEP. AIR CREW INITIATED A TKOF FOR RWY 11 AND TKOF PWR WAS SET AT 90 PERCENT. AIRSPD WAS CALLED ALIVE; FOLLOWING A NORMAL PAUSE; AWAITING AN 80 KIAS CALL. R SEAT CALLED 'NO AIRSPD;' FOLLOWED BY A COMMAND TO 'ABORT.' L SEAT STARTED TO REDUCE PWR AND NOTICED THE ACFT STARTING TO LIFT OFF FROM THE RWY; ADVANCED PWR; AND CALL TO 'CONTINUE' THE TKOF. NORMAL TKOF CHKS WERE ACCOMPLISHED. R SEAT PLT ASSUMED CTL OF THE ACFT ON DEP AND L SEAT PLT PROCEEDED WITH FO DUTIES. AIR CREW DETERMINED THAT ALL PITOT STATIC INSTS WERE INOP AND REQUESTED NO-GYRO VECTORS FOR A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 4R. APCH CTL ASSISTED AIR CREW WITH ALT AND GND SPD READINGS. AIR CREW USED KNOWN PITCH AND PWR SETTINGS FOR APCH AND LNDG. NORMAL BEFORE LNDG CHKS WERE ACCOMPLISHED. LNDG AND TAXI WERE UNEVENTFUL. AFTER LNDG AND ENG SHUTDOWN CHKS WERE ACCOMPLISHED. POSTFLT INSPECTIONS REVEALED PITOT STATIC COVERS INSTALLED ON STATIC TUBES. AIR CREW IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED CORPORATE OPS OF THE SIT AND AWAITED ASSISTANCE FROM MEMPHIS.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.