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I recently came within a nanosecond of committing the most common of stupid and expensive errors -- starting without removing the tow bar.  Why?  Because my normal sequence of preflight activities had been interrupted.  For some unknown reason, I walked back to close the hangar door without first removing and stowing the tow bar as is my habit.  Although I'm also a habitual checklist reader, that didn't save me.  It was just dumb luck that I flashed on the tow bar as I reached for the ignition.

While I know that distraction is the bane of every pilot, there's a new first step in my printed pre-start checklist : "Tow Bar........Stowed." Byron Fox
LNC 2
N3144C
Mill Valley, CA

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