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A rushed BE400 captain failed to remove the airspeed pitot covers and so rejected the takeoff when the airspeed did not come alive. After the reject both main tires failed and brakes had to be checked.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 987120 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201112 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Beechjet 400 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Pitot/Static Ice System |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 118 Flight Crew Total 4250 Flight Crew Type 220 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 110 Flight Crew Total 1350 Flight Crew Type 110 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Problem arose when I failed to remove pitot tube covers from the aircraft. It was discovered on takeoff roll when copilot hesitated to call for airspeed alive; I looked at my airspeed indicator and at that point rejected the takeoff. We were on xxr and came to a rest at taxiway; that's when we found out that we had blown our fuse plugs and had two main flat tires. Tires had to be replaced on the taxiway and upon changing tires was advice the brakes needed to get inspected. One of the contributing factors was that we rushed preflight of the aircraft and failed to remove the pitot tube covers.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A rushed BE400 Captain failed to remove the airspeed pitot covers and so rejected the takeoff when the airspeed did not come alive. After the reject both main tires failed and brakes had to be checked.
Narrative: Problem arose when I failed to remove pitot tube covers from the aircraft. It was discovered on takeoff roll when copilot hesitated to call for airspeed alive; I looked at my airspeed indicator and at that point rejected the takeoff. We were on XXR and came to a rest at Taxiway; that's when we found out that we had blown our fuse plugs and had two main flat tires. Tires had to be replaced on the taxiway and upon changing tires was advice the brakes needed to get inspected. One of the contributing factors was that we rushed preflight of the aircraft and failed to remove the pitot tube covers.
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.