AIRCRAFT FLIES AND LANDS WITH TOWBAR STILL ATTACHED TO FRONT GEAR [ATC AUDIO]

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Published 2024-02-18
On February 14, 2024, an Eclipse 500 aircraft took off from Caldwell, ID with a towbar and landed on runway 10R at Boise Airport, ID. After landing, the pilot reported hearing a loud noise from the front. During the investigation, the equipments stated that there was a towbar attached to the front landing gear and that sparks and smoke were seen coming from there. Metal debris was also found on the runway during the runway inspection.


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All Comments (21)
  • @allensignaturetreeservices
    This was not a full size airliner towbar. The towbar involved in the incident was a "2 piece coupled towbar" that is used by hand. None the less, still should not have happened, but in this case theyre lucky it went up with the landing gear without jamming and caused less interference than it could have.
  • @roscoejones4515
    ATC: "It's not your fault." OPS: "Towbar attached." ATC: "Uh, correction, it is your fault."
  • @danielrn133
    Good news he already has a tow bar attached for the tow.
  • @gbsorenson
    I fly a retractable gear airplane. After my preflight I leave the keys in the open baggage door until I climb into the pilot seat. The last thing I do is pull the plane out, take off the tow bar, put it in the baggage and lock the door. I hate when other people want to "help" by locking my storage and handing me the keys. When you break routines is when things like this happen!
  • @MooseGuy1
    It can happen. I once went for a drive, drove about ten miles before I noticed that I'd taken my garage with me.
  • @w.ryanbutler8097
    Meanwhile, at the origin airport, someone is saying “How could someone misplace a tow bar?? They’re huge! It HAS to be around here SOMEWHERE!”
  • @tedsmith6137
    A bit like launching your speedboat and finding it rather slow, because you forgot to remove the trailer.
  • @kellandreader
    Many years ago I belonged to an 8-member club that owned a Cessna 172. One of our members left the tow bar on one day and did three touch-an-goes before the bar finally bounced up and got into the prop.
  • @areza15143
    To add insult to injury, the departure FBO charged him for the towbar
  • @jameslambert4487
    This reminds me of the woman that took her husbands ski boat out with her friends one Saturday while he was out on a round of golf with his colleagues. She called him 30 minutes later saying the boat wouldn't build any speed and she was concerned that there was an engine problem. He called to the local marina and asked if there was anyone there that could assist her. He received a call back 10 minutes later from the marina owner who was laughing uncontrollably after discovering that the boat trailer was still attached to the boat !!!
  • @Falc0n215
    Being that I’m in airport ops myself, I really appreciate when the ops agent said he was closing the runway, how the controller didn’t throw a hissy fit. That must be nice.
  • @kellyjensen9628
    A good preflight cannot be underestimated! Also, this speaks for great integrity of that towbar!
  • @peterk2455
    Sounds like they have two new records. Fastest Pre flight of an Eclipse 500, and Worlds Quickest Tow Bar
  • @CGDubz87
    *sweats nervously in ground crew*
  • @richardgreen7811
    Memories ... In 1974, I had just received taxi clearance at El Paso International Airport (home base at the time) when I heard ground control ask the pilot of a Cessna 210 if he was hearing a thumping noise from the plane. The pilot said "how do you know that". GC said because your tow bar is still attached to the nose gear. SO ... there were two things I couldn't believe. The 1st, that the pilot had missed the tow bar, and the 2nd, that the prop didn't hit the tow bar as it bumped against the expansion joints in the pavement. This was only exceeded by my friend in Flint, Michigan retelling a story of how a Lear 25 had taken off but only climbed about 20' before striking trees about 400 yards from the end of the runway. The pilot / co-pilot had forgotten to remove the control lock from the yoke. Guys with years and thousands of flight hours.
  • @WheelerRickRambles
    How’d he not hear it on take off…if he’s hearing it so distinctly on landing? Crazy!
  • @jamescollier3
    Walks out of bathroom with TP following on his shoe
  • @johnnybugattisr.9558
    I just looked it up. Most likely it was a towbar Head attachment specific to several aircraft types. Its measurements are 20.5"L x 13.2" W x 4"H. 20lbs. Pretty good size chunk of metal to not have been noticed/heard during taxi and roll out. They got lucky this time.