<< >> NASA ASRS Report 863193, December 2009

An ATR 72 took off with the tailstand attached after the ground crew showed a removed tailstand to the crew before engine start.

Attributes
ACN	863193
Time
Date	200912
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	ATR 72
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial
Person 2
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

While boarding flight we were informed by station personnel that they were putting ballast in the back of the airplane. Prior to the extra loading ground personnel visually showed the flight crew the tailstand and we confirmed it was removed. They must have put the tail stand back on during loading and didn't inform us of the reconnection. Both pilot and co-pilot saw the tailstand and did confirm it was removed. We then accomplished all the appropriate checklist and flew back a normal flight. Failure of station personnel to let us know that they were putting the tail stand on again after visually showing it to the flight crew indicating it had in fact been removed.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An ATR 72 took off with the tailstand attached after the ground crew showed a removed tailstand to the crew before engine start.

Narrative: While boarding flight we were informed by Station Personnel that they were putting ballast in the back of the airplane. Prior to the extra loading ground personnel visually showed the Flight Crew the tailstand and we confirmed it was removed. They must have put the tail stand back on during loading and didn't inform us of the reconnection. Both pilot and co-pilot saw the tailstand and did confirm it was removed. We then accomplished all the appropriate checklist and flew back a normal flight. Failure of Station personnel to let us know that they were putting the tail stand on again after visually showing it to the flight crew indicating it had in fact been removed.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.