Ever aborted a takoff for a faulty airspeed indicator?

[FlyingBuckI]

it's a bit hard to explain without a visual reference. just imagine a small grass strip with trees at one end and a huge hill at the other. I took off and, not knowing what speed I was at (not to mention the controls felt sluggish), I chose to climb out just above the tree line. I was making a right turn to try and get away from the hill and into open air...

 

[bugchaser]

While it is a bigger deal in a larger airplane, in a small single, loss of the air speed indicator should be no problem at all. Every student should have practice flying without the use of the airspeed indicator. If not, you missed something during your training. I hardly ever look at the airspeed in a light airplane. In most of the ones I fly, they don't work anyway. It would definately not be a reason to abort in a small airplane.

 

[JediNein]

If it helps the original poster any, while I can neither confirm nor deny that I flew in Southern California that day, it was turbulent IMC on the 18th. However, I can confirm that the FAA AIDS database can be considerablly off from the final report on what actually happened, up to and including number of fatalities and injuries.

Fly SAFE!
Jedi Nein

 

[Rook]

Well EXCUSE ME!

LOL!

Rook

 

[Traveller Pilot]

Probably a good idea..SOP for us in 767 80kts airspeed check some use 100kts...