Aircraft Tow Bar Accident

This advisory circular ac provides guidance for towbar and towbarless movement of aircraft.

Aircraft tow bar accident.

Choosing the right type of aircraft towbar is extremely important to the safety and security of your employees aircraft and equipment. Bogert tow bars bogi bars for tailwheel aircraft. The nstb has accident reports of pilots who took off with towbars still attached to the nosewheel. News reports indicate that on aug.

With no one in the cockpit the. A towbar should always be stowed before starting the airplane. 14 a gulfstream g 5 aircraft being towed at nashville international airport broke free from the tug that was pulling it. Transaxle battery operated tug.

The biggest wide body tow bar has a maximum push pull capacity of 560 tons. Ac 00 65 with change 1 pdf 261 kb 00 65 pdf 66 kb. Like chocks towbars can wind up where they shouldn t around inattentive pilots. If it is a solid welded on design it should be closely inspected for cracks and deformation.

Tow ring or lunette this is the part of the towbar that connects directly to the pushback tractor. The airplane suffered no real damage to the fuselage propeller landing gear or paint. Personnel there found the tow bar almost 2 000 from the departure end of the runway undamaged save for the bar s retention spring and some paint scrapes. Take a ride with an aircraft tractor to experience how the aircraft push process.

225 00 add to cart for current price. Robotow 24sl portable towbar cordless kits 1312 00. The tug tractor itself caused the most damage with its roof smashing into the radome the fiberglass cone to the nosegear that houses the aircraft s radar and the rest of the truck catapulting into the landing gear. A cessna 182rg pilot was not so lucky.

00 65 towbar and towbarless movement of aircraft date issued august 27 2009 responsible office afs 300 description. Every aircraft has its own particular type of connection and every aircraft towbar has its own towing capacity not every towbar will work with every type of plane. Aircraft spruce supplies components for a wide variety of homebuilt aircraft and discount pilot supplies.