1996-09 · NASA ASRS report 348628
AN ACR LTT HIT A RWY LIGHT WITH ONE OF ITS PROPS ON A TRAINING FLT. ACFT DAMAGED PROP ONLY. INSTRUCTOR PLT TECHNIQUE PREFLT BRIEFING; MONITORING HIS STUDENT. BOTH VERY POOR. STUDENT PLT TECHNIQUE MAINTAINING HDG ON TKOF VERY POOR.
ALL CHKLISTS WERE COMPLETE PRIOR TO POS AND HOLD ON RWY 21 AT PKB FOR LCL TRAINING FLT. I THOUGHT TRAINING CAPT WANTED A PRACTICE 0/0 TKOF AND HE REALLY WANTED A REDUCE VISIBILITY TKOF WITH HOOD ON. HELD BRAKE TO TKOF PWR AND RELEASED; KEEPING HDG BUG CTRED; WHICH WAS ALIGNED WITH RWY CTRLINE. I THEN FELT RUDDER PRESSURE ON THE L AND THEN FELT SOME BUMPS AND CAPT SAID 'MY PLANE' AND I RELEASED CTLS TO HIM. I FELT SOME BUMPS BUT WHEN I LOOKED UP WE WERE ON RWY SURFACE AND ON THE R EDGE. THE TKOF WAS ABORTED AND WE DID NOT BELIEVE ANY DAMAGE HAD BEEN DONE TO THE ACFT. HOWEVER; THE ACFT WENT OFF THE R SIDE OF RWY AND HIT A TAXI LIGHT AND TOOK OFF ABOUT 1 1/2 INCHES OF THE R PROP AND BROKE THE RWY TAXI LIGHT. WE TAXIED BACK AND CONTINUED THE REST OF THE TRAINING FLT WITH THE BROKEN PROP WITHOUT INCIDENT. WE NOTICED A VIBRATION ON THE R ENG ON SHUTDOWN AND THEN NOTICED PROP DAMAGE. THE PROB WE HAD WAS CREW COM AND THIS CAN BE PREVENTED WITH A PRE TKOF BRIEF WHICH WAS DONE. HOWEVER; I FAILED TO INCLUDE EXACTLY WHICH MODE OF TKOF I WAS USING OR GOING TO BE DOING. I ALSO FELT THE TRAINING CAPT SHOULD HAVE HAD HIS HEAD OUTSIDE THE COCKPIT MORE AND NOTICED THE GENTLE TREND OF THE ACFT TO THE R SIDE OF THE RWY. ALSO; WE SHOULD HAVE SHUT DOWN AND INSPECTED THE ACFT EVEN THOUGH WE FELT NO DAMAGE HAD BEEN DONE.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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