C210 pilot completes flight in fat airspace with towbar attached to nose gear.

Attributes
ACN	405700
Time
Date	199806
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : fat
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : fat tower : hsv
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Cessna 210 Centurion / Turbo Centurion 210C, 210D
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff ground : preflight landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : private
Experience	flight time total : 1100 flight time type : 800
ASRS Report	405700
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

I was flying from sierra skypark 75 NM to fresno yosemite international. The night before, another individual helped push my plane back with towbar. The next morning, I missed the towbar on walkaround and flew to the other airport with towbar attached to the nosewheel. I flew over at 1500 ft MSL and tried to retract gear 2 times during flight. Both times, the gear locked into the down position. After the second time, I left the gear down and locked. Upon landing, someone reported that I had a towbar on my nose gear. I landed at fat without difficulty. The maintenance shop looked over my landing gear and determined no damage occurred to the landing gear or gear doors.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C210 PLT COMPLETES FLT IN FAT AIRSPACE WITH TOWBAR ATTACHED TO NOSE GEAR.

Narrative: I WAS FLYING FROM SIERRA SKYPARK 75 NM TO FRESNO YOSEMITE INTL. THE NIGHT BEFORE, ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL HELPED PUSH MY PLANE BACK WITH TOWBAR. THE NEXT MORNING, I MISSED THE TOWBAR ON WALKAROUND AND FLEW TO THE OTHER ARPT WITH TOWBAR ATTACHED TO THE NOSEWHEEL. I FLEW OVER AT 1500 FT MSL AND TRIED TO RETRACT GEAR 2 TIMES DURING FLT. BOTH TIMES, THE GEAR LOCKED INTO THE DOWN POS. AFTER THE SECOND TIME, I LEFT THE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. UPON LNDG, SOMEONE RPTED THAT I HAD A TOWBAR ON MY NOSE GEAR. I LANDED AT FAT WITHOUT DIFFICULTY. THE MAINT SHOP LOOKED OVER MY LNDG GEAR AND DETERMINED NO DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE LNDG GEAR OR GEAR DOORS.

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.