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An air carrier flight crew flying a DA20 freighter departing from lit hits trees at the departure end of the runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 457608 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199912 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | navaid : lit.vortac |
| State Reference | AR |
| Altitude | msl single value : 400 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : lit.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : charter |
| Make Model Name | Falcon 20FJF/20C/20D/20E/20F |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Navigation In Use | other vortac |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : charter |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : multi engine pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 41 flight time total : 2979 flight time type : 35 |
| ASRS Report | 457608 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : charter |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 266 flight time total : 6563 flight time type : 2054 |
| ASRS Report | 457609 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne critical inflight encounter other non adherence : clearance non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : regained aircraft control none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Aircraft struck tree on IFR departure approximately 3/4 mi off the end of runway 18. Contributing factors: aircraft rotated late, radar altimeter located where first officer has difficulty reading it, flap handle release button design takes an unnatural hand movement, broke instrument scan in critical phase of flight to locate flap handle and release button to raise flaps.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR FLC FLYING A DA20 FREIGHTER DEPARTING FROM LIT HITS TREES AT THE DEP END OF THE RWY.
Narrative: ACFT STRUCK TREE ON IFR DEP APPROX 3/4 MI OFF THE END OF RWY 18. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: ACFT ROTATED LATE, RADAR ALTIMETER LOCATED WHERE FO HAS DIFFICULTY READING IT, FLAP HANDLE RELEASE BUTTON DESIGN TAKES AN UNNATURAL HAND MOVEMENT, BROKE INST SCAN IN CRITICAL PHASE OF FLT TO LOCATE FLAP HANDLE AND RELEASE BUTTON TO RAISE FLAPS.
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.