UNABLE TO CLIMB AFTER LIFT OFF; PLT OF C207 ATTEMPTS TO LAND ON REMAINING RWY AND FLATTENS TIRES WHILE SLIDING SIDEWAYS TO AVOID RUNNING OFF END OF RWY. HIGH GROSS WEIGHT; HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE AND LACK OF TURBOCHARGING CONTRIBUTE.

Date: 2008-06 · Aircraft: Cessna Stationair/Turbo Stationair 7/8 · Phase: takeoff

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|ground-event-encounter-loss-of-aircraft-control

Synopsis

UNABLE TO CLIMB AFTER LIFT OFF; PLT OF C207 ATTEMPTS TO LAND ON REMAINING RWY AND FLATTENS TIRES WHILE SLIDING SIDEWAYS TO AVOID RUNNING OFF END OF RWY. HIGH GROSS WEIGHT; HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE AND LACK OF TURBOCHARGING CONTRIBUTE.

Narrative

USUALLY THE FUEL ON THE ACFT IS ONLY USED OUT OF THE R TANK FOR WT AND BAL PURPOSES AND THE L TANK IS KEPT AT 10 GALLONS AS A RESERVE ONLY. I CHKED BOTH FUEL TANKS DURING PREFLT AND NOTICED THAT THE LINE GUYS HAD FUELED MY L TANK TO 26 GALLONS. SO I ENTERED THE EXTRA WT IN MY WT AND BAL SHEET AND FOUND THAT I WAS AT THE VERY TOP AND AFT OF MY CTR OF GRAVITY ENVELOPE. THIS IS; HOWEVER; NOT UNCOMMON FOR THE OP AND I FELT I WAS LEGAL TO TAKE OFF. ASOS WAS RPTING DENSITY ALT OF 7400 FT. I WAITED FOR ALL THE OTHER TOUR PLANES WITH MY COMPANY TO TAKE OFF JUST TO SEE HOW THEIR ACFT PERFORMED. INCIDENTALLY; I WAS FLYING 1 OF THE ONLY 2 NORMALLY ASPIRATED C207'S. ALL THE OTHER ACFT WERE TURBOCHARGED. I ROLLED OUT ONTO RWY AND ADVANCED THE THROTTLE WITH MY FEET ON THE BRAKES. WHEN MY AIRPLANE WAS MAKING GOOD PWR; I RELEASED THE BRAKES AND STARTED MY GND ROLL. IT TOOK ME ABOUT 3500 FT TO REACH MY ROTATION SPD; AT WHICH TIME I GENTLY PULLED BACK AND GOT ABOUT 15 FT IN ALT. I HELD THE AIRPLANE IN GND EFFECT TO BUILD UP MY AIRSPD. USUALLY; AS SOON AS I CAN GET ABOUT 10 MORE KTS IN AIRSPD; THEN THE ALT WILL FOLLOW. HOWEVER; ON THIS DAY THE AIRPLANE WAS STILL SINKING AND I WAS NOT GETTING ANY MORE AIRSPD. I PULLED THE PWR WITH ABOUT 1000 FT OF RWY LEFT AND GOT ON THE TIRES IMMEDIATELY. I WOULD HAVE RUN OFF THE END OF THE RWY; BUT I PRESSED HARD ON THE L TIRE AND SKIDDED THE AIRPLANE INTO A SIDEWAYS PROFILE. THE TIRES WENT FLAT AND THE AIRPLANE DID A 180 DEG TURN AND CAME TO REST ON THE DEP END OF RWY WHERE I TOOK OUT 2 RWY LIGHTS WITH THE ELEVATOR. I FEEL THIS INCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY THE EQUIP I WAS FLYING COUPLED WITH THE 100 DEG HEAT AND DENSITY ALT OF 7400 FT. I WILL NEVER TAKE OFF IN CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE THAT AGAIN WITH 6 PAX. I HAD ALREADY BUMPED A FEW PAX A FEW DAYS AGO AND GOT A TALKING TO BECAUSE OF LOST REVENUE FOR THE COMPANY. I SHOULD HAVE PUT MY FOOT DOWN ONCE AGAIN WHEN I WAS GIVEN 6 PAX.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.