BE80 throws propeller wash onto hangar during preflight run-up.

Attributes
ACN	329765
Time
Date	199602
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lvl
State Reference	VA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Bonanza 33
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	observation : observer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 1600 flight time type : 10
ASRS Report	329765
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

Run-up area was in close proximity of adjacent hangars, during run-up of BE80 propeller wash affects nearby hangars. No other area to do run-up. To alleviate problem consideration should be given to creating a run-up area on the opposite side of runway, or move the existing hangar. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter states that he was a flight instructor observer on this flight. The aircraft was a BE80 queen air. The flight was a business flight to show one of the pilots how the queen air flies. The pilot owner was upset at the proximity of the hangar and his run-up. Stated that he could not do the run-up facing into the wind as the road is so close behind the aircraft then (closer than it looks on his diagram). He indicated that this is probably the largest aircraft that has ever been into the airport. But they do need to create a run-up area duplicating what exists at the other end of the runway on the same side of the runway. There is nothing there that could be disturbed. PF called the airport manager on reaching destination to apologize for any problems that he created.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BE80 THROWS PROP WASH ONTO HANGAR DURING PREFLT RUN-UP.

Narrative: RUN-UP AREA WAS IN CLOSE PROX OF ADJACENT HANGARS, DURING RUN-UP OF BE80 PROP WASH AFFECTS NEARBY HANGARS. NO OTHER AREA TO DO RUN-UP. TO ALLEVIATE PROB CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CREATING A RUN-UP AREA ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF RWY, OR MOVE THE EXISTING HANGAR. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THAT HE WAS A FLT INSTRUCTOR OBSERVER ON THIS FLT. THE ACFT WAS A BE80 QUEEN AIR. THE FLT WAS A BUSINESS FLT TO SHOW ONE OF THE PLTS HOW THE QUEEN AIR FLIES. THE PLT OWNER WAS UPSET AT THE PROX OF THE HANGAR AND HIS RUN-UP. STATED THAT HE COULD NOT DO THE RUN-UP FACING INTO THE WIND AS THE ROAD IS SO CLOSE BEHIND THE ACFT THEN (CLOSER THAN IT LOOKS ON HIS DIAGRAM). HE INDICATED THAT THIS IS PROBABLY THE LARGEST ACFT THAT HAS EVER BEEN INTO THE ARPT. BUT THEY DO NEED TO CREATE A RUN-UP AREA DUPLICATING WHAT EXISTS AT THE OTHER END OF THE RWY ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE RWY. THERE IS NOTHING THERE THAT COULD BE DISTURBED. PF CALLED THE ARPT MGR ON REACHING DEST TO APOLOGIZE FOR ANY PROBS THAT HE CREATED.

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.