Narrative:

Aircraft type: sa-227. Description: flight controls were jammed momentarily on takeoff at vr. A drinking bottle was consumed before takeoff at prior destination and put bottle in side pocket next to first officer. Bottle fell out of side wall pocket onto first officer's lap while captain was taxiing so first officer placed bottle in a plastic bag on right side of first officer's seat near first officer's right elbow. Crew action: flight was cleared for takeoff on runway. After completing the line up check the captain positioned aircraft on the runway and gave airplane to first officer. First officer took control and stated: set power. All calls were made appropriately. V1 call was given (V1 and vr were the same) and first officer began increasing back pressure and the controls would not move aft. First officer said, 'why is the stick jamming.' first officer scanned the panel to check yokes, trim and then the floor wondering if (2) manuals were holding the stick forward and after checking controls the first officer then assumed a heavy nose and smoothly continued increased back pressure. No direction from the captain was given at this time. The controls became free the same time the crew heard a shattering sound. (From the initial control restr, scanning the trim, yokes and floor to control release was approximately 2 seconds or 3-5 KTS acceleration.) the controls felt like a heavy nose situation until the bottle broke. As the airspeed increased the controls began to program themselves aft which helped to break the bottle. A smooth rotation occurred. After liftoff the first officer said, 'what is that?' captain said it's your expletive bottle! During the climb, the captain told the first officer he saw a bottle rolling forward on takeoff on the captain's side and tried to catch it with his feet. First officer checked the bag on his right side for the bottle and it was gone. Once airborne, the first officer checked the floor by braille and felt no glass. The first officer asked the captain for a light to look at the floor and the captain sarcastically said not until we get to our destination. After that, there was no discussion in the cockpit and no thought discussed of turning downwind and landing at the departure airfield since the captain already stated, 'we will discuss this at our destination airfield. The flight to the destination was approximated 14-17 min and the flight was given clearance to land. Though the destination airfield was using the opposite runway, they cleared the flight for a straight in approach since we were coming in from the northwest out of the kindness of their heart and not because an emergency was declared, because no emergency was declared. Over the threshold as the first officer was increasing back pressure, the crew heard a glass grinding sound for a moment. The first officer landed the aircraft and the landing was uneventful. Upon going into beta the captain took over since the captain has the nosewheel steering on the captain's side. Maintenance action: the broken bottle, and a pen that had been there for an unknown period of time were removed.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BEVERAGE BOTTLE BLOCKED THE CTL YOKE ON TKOF.

Narrative: ACFT TYPE: SA-227. DESCRIPTION: FLT CTLS WERE JAMMED MOMENTARILY ON TKOF AT VR. A DRINKING BOTTLE WAS CONSUMED BEFORE TKOF AT PRIOR DEST AND PUT BOTTLE IN SIDE POCKET NEXT TO FO. BOTTLE FELL OUT OF SIDE WALL POCKET ONTO FO'S LAP WHILE CAPT WAS TAXIING SO FO PLACED BOTTLE IN A PLASTIC BAG ON R SIDE OF FO'S SEAT NEAR FO'S R ELBOW. CREW ACTION: FLT WAS CLRED FOR TKOF ON RWY. AFTER COMPLETING THE LINE UP CHK THE CAPT POSITIONED ACFT ON THE RWY AND GAVE AIRPLANE TO FO. FO TOOK CTL AND STATED: SET PWR. ALL CALLS WERE MADE APPROPRIATELY. V1 CALL WAS GIVEN (V1 AND VR WERE THE SAME) AND FO BEGAN INCREASING BACK PRESSURE AND THE CTLS WOULD NOT MOVE AFT. FO SAID, 'WHY IS THE STICK JAMMING.' FO SCANNED THE PANEL TO CHK YOKES, TRIM AND THEN THE FLOOR WONDERING IF (2) MANUALS WERE HOLDING THE STICK FORWARD AND AFTER CHKING CTLS THE FO THEN ASSUMED A HVY NOSE AND SMOOTHLY CONTINUED INCREASED BACK PRESSURE. NO DIRECTION FROM THE CAPT WAS GIVEN AT THIS TIME. THE CTLS BECAME FREE THE SAME TIME THE CREW HEARD A SHATTERING SOUND. (FROM THE INITIAL CTL RESTR, SCANNING THE TRIM, YOKES AND FLOOR TO CTL RELEASE WAS APPROX 2 SECONDS OR 3-5 KTS ACCELERATION.) THE CTLS FELT LIKE A HVY NOSE SIT UNTIL THE BOTTLE BROKE. AS THE AIRSPD INCREASED THE CTLS BEGAN TO PROGRAM THEMSELVES AFT WHICH HELPED TO BREAK THE BOTTLE. A SMOOTH ROTATION OCCURRED. AFTER LIFTOFF THE FO SAID, 'WHAT IS THAT?' CAPT SAID IT'S YOUR EXPLETIVE BOTTLE! DURING THE CLB, THE CAPT TOLD THE FO HE SAW A BOTTLE ROLLING FORWARD ON TKOF ON THE CAPT'S SIDE AND TRIED TO CATCH IT WITH HIS FEET. FO CHKED THE BAG ON HIS R SIDE FOR THE BOTTLE AND IT WAS GONE. ONCE AIRBORNE, THE FO CHKED THE FLOOR BY BRAILLE AND FELT NO GLASS. THE FO ASKED THE CAPT FOR A LIGHT TO LOOK AT THE FLOOR AND THE CAPT SARCASTICALLY SAID NOT UNTIL WE GET TO OUR DEST. AFTER THAT, THERE WAS NO DISCUSSION IN THE COCKPIT AND NO THOUGHT DISCUSSED OF TURNING DOWNWIND AND LNDG AT THE DEP AIRFIELD SINCE THE CAPT ALREADY STATED, 'WE WILL DISCUSS THIS AT OUR DEST AIRFIELD. THE FLT TO THE DEST WAS APPROXIMATED 14-17 MIN AND THE FLT WAS GIVEN CLRNC TO LAND. THOUGH THE DEST AIRFIELD WAS USING THE OPPOSITE RWY, THEY CLRED THE FLT FOR A STRAIGHT IN APCH SINCE WE WERE COMING IN FROM THE NW OUT OF THE KINDNESS OF THEIR HEART AND NOT BECAUSE AN EMER WAS DECLARED, BECAUSE NO EMER WAS DECLARED. OVER THE THRESHOLD AS THE FO WAS INCREASING BACK PRESSURE, THE CREW HEARD A GLASS GRINDING SOUND FOR A MOMENT. THE FO LANDED THE ACFT AND THE LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL. UPON GOING INTO BETA THE CAPT TOOK OVER SINCE THE CAPT HAS THE NOSEWHEEL STEERING ON THE CAPT'S SIDE. MAINT ACTION: THE BROKEN BOTTLE, AND A PEN THAT HAD BEEN THERE FOR AN UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME WERE REMOVED.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.