An air carrier light transport hit a runway light with one of its propellers on a training flight. A...

Attributes
ACN	348628
Time
Date	199609
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pkb
State Reference	WV
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff other
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : single pilot instruction : trainee
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 280 flight time total : 4480
ASRS Report	348628
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : single pilot instruction : instructor
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical other anomaly other other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : rejected takeoff none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

All checklists were complete prior to position and hold on runway 21 at pkb for local training flight. I thought training captain wanted a practice 0/0 takeoff and he really wanted a reduce visibility takeoff with hood on. Held brake to takeoff power and released, keeping heading bug centered, which was aligned with runway centerline. I then felt rudder pressure on the left and then felt some bumps and captain said 'my plane' and I released controls to him. I felt some bumps but when I looked up we were on runway surface and on the right edge. The takeoff was aborted and we did not believe any damage had been done to the aircraft. However, the aircraft went off the right side of runway and hit a taxi light and took off about 1 1/2 inches of the right propeller and broke the runway taxi light. We taxied back and continued the rest of the training flight with the broken propeller without incident. We noticed a vibration on the right engine on shutdown and then noticed propeller damage. The problem we had was crew communication and this can be prevented with a pre takeoff brief which was done. However, I failed to include exactly which mode of takeoff I was using or going to be doing. I also felt the training captain should have had his head outside the cockpit more and noticed the gentle trend of the aircraft to the right side of the runway. Also, we should have shut down and inspected the aircraft even though we felt no damage had been done.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: 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.

Narrative: 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.

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.

An air carrier light transport hit a runway light with one of its propellers on a training flight. Aircraft damaged propeller only. Instructor pilot technique preflight briefing, monitoring his student. Both very poor. Student pilot technique maintaining heading on takeoff very poor.